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White farmers return

At least 120 white farmers have returned to the land by setting up farms under leasehold deals with the black beneficiaries of Zimbabwe's land reform programme drawing bitter criticism from…
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Drop sanctions

Presidents Jacob Zuma and Rupiah Banda of Zambia today called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be dropped because they were not were not aiding change in Zimbabwe. "We call on…
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American academic trashes Dell’s report- says it was only meant to flatter his way up the diplomatic ladder

An American academic has described the cables by former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell which were recently released by Wikileaks as “cliché-ridden prose, dripping with patriotic commitment” but with very little insight into actual operations of American diplomacy in Zimbabwe, except promoting Dell’s own diplomatic career.

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Fight for civil society representation in Kimberley Process continues

Zimbabwe’s civil society continues to be divided over who should represent them in the Kimberley Process local Focal Point. The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (NANGO) programmes director Machinda  Marongwe today said Harare lawyer Shamiso Mtisi had been confirmed by the KP Plenary in Jerusalem at the beginning of this month as the coordinator of the Local Focal Point (LFP). Mtisi is a representative of the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association.

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Cables dangerous

Sharon Hudson, the spokesperson for the embassy of the United States in Harare today condemned the release of cables by former ambassador Christopher Dell who described President Robert Mugabe as…