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Air Zimbabwe has bought two new A340-200 Airbus passenger planes from France in a deal bankrolled by Mbada Diamonds, one of the mining firms licensed to mine at the controversial…

President Robert Mugabe today appealed for tolerance and peace between Zimbabwe’s leading political parties. Speaking at the burial of Gen. Solomon Mujuru, Mugabe said: “We don’t want any violence. Please,…

Zimbabwe today gave foreign firms, including mines and banks, a 14-day ultimatum to submit "acceptable" plans on how they propose to transfer majority stakes to local owners or risk losing…

President Robert Mugabe today appointed a nine-member Anti-Corruption Commission headed by Denford Chirindo, who previously worked in the ministries of defence and justice and legal affairs. Chirindo's deputy is policy…

Southern African leaders ended two-day talks today with no major progress announced in resolving leadership battles in Zimbabwe and Madagascar that have topped the regional agenda in recent years. The…

Police today said they are investigating the death in a house fire of powerful former army commander Solomon Mujuru. Details of Mujuru's death were sparse, fuelling speculation among rights activists…

Solomon Mujuru one of the two leading forces in President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African Union- Patriotic Front died in a mysterious fire today. Mujuru was the first commander of the…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe will use US$140 million of a US$500 million Special Drawings Rights facility to pay part of its debt to the International Monetary Fund…

ZANU-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo today raised the controversial issue of Gukurahundi in which an estimated 20 000 people, mostly Ndebele, were killed in the 1980s as a dark point…

Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga today threatened to take legal action against legislators refusing to explain how the used their $50000 constituency grants. The country’s 210 parliamentarians are…