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Global Witness today said the move by Belgium to push for the lifting of sanctions on the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation so that it can buy Zimbabwe diamonds was premature.…

Belgium, centre of the global diamond trade, today demanded that the European Union lift sanctions on the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation arguing that EU foreign ministers agreed in February to…

The Movement for Democratic Change today dismissed the election observing report of the Southern African Development Community released by Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe claiming that it had not been…

The United Nations World Food Programme today said 2.2 million people in Zimbabwe might need food assistance during the pre-harvest period early next year. “Many districts, particularly in the south,…

Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe today said the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front could rule for another 100 years if the opposition does not join the party in fighting for…

Zimbabwe’s NewsDay newspaper today said it had suspended its editor Constantine Chimakure over two stories which the publisher, Alpha Media Holdings, said "did not conform to set ethical standards". The…

President Robert Mugabe today pledged that his government will embrace every Zimbabwean including those against his party. His remarks followed threats he issued last Sunday against residents of Harare and…

Toronto-listed New Dawn Mining today announced that it was shutting down its 85 percent-owned Dalny Mine near Kadoma because the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority cut power to the project over…

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki today said statements attributed to him about Zimbabwe’s election and land reform policy were “mischievous”. They were intended to “communicate falsehoods to achieve particular…

President Robert Mugabe today accused Western countries of spreading a false bomb alarm at Victoria Falls in a bid to sabotage the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly jointly…