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Off air

A television station that was hailed as the answer to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's monopoly in the run-up to the 31 July elections today announced that it was closing down…
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Filthy sanctions

President Robert Mugabe today berated the United States, Britain and their allies for trying to control his nation and its resources, telling them to remove their "illegal and filthy sanctions".…
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EU lifts sanctions

The European Union today lifted sanctions against the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation to enable it to sell its diamonds from Marange. The move followed pressure from Belgium which has the…
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Poachers jailed

Three poachers were today sentenced to at least 15 years in prison each for poisoning and killing 81 elephants in the Hwange National Park. Diyane Tshuma was sentenced to 16…
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What you may have missed October 1-5

Poverty declines- Poverty has declined significantly since the formation of the inclusive government in 2009, a report released by Afrobarometer today said. “Following the disputed and highly flawed 2008 election, a government of national unity was put into place,” the survey stated. “The previous opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, gained control of the Ministry of Finance. One apparent result of this ‘peace dividend’ was a rapid fall in lived poverty…”

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