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- UN warns of looming hunger catastrophe in Zimbabwe, seeks $130mn for emergency ops
The United Nations food agency has said it needs $130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the country. The statement comes as climate – and recession – induced food... - China & Zimbabwe ink currency-swap deal to bolster tradeAfrica's largest trading partner, China, which has invested heavily in Zimbabwe in recent years, has reached a currency swap agreement with the country aimed at strengthening trade.
- UN warns half of Zimbabwe’s people face severe hunger due to drought, economic collapseAbout half of Zimbabwe’s population faces severe hunger amid a devastating drought and economic collapse, the UN said on Tuesday. The World Food Program plans to more than double the number of people it helps to more than 4 million. More than...
- 'Icon of liberation' v 'dictator': Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe dies at 95Zimbabwe's former ruler for 37 years, Robert Mugabe, died on Friday. Praised as "hero", he led the nation to independence and became its first elected leader, but was later forced out amid economic collapse.
- Zimbabwe’s economy pronounced ‘DEAD’ & set to plunge another 20% this yearThe spiraling economic meltdown in Zimbabwe is expected to worsen in 2019, partly due to the out-of-control inflation, the country’s Treasury statistics show.
- WATCH Zimbabwean Boeing 767 CATCH FIRE on its engine after takeoff in South AfricaA Harare-bound Zimbabwean airliner requested an emergency landing and circled around the airport near Johannesburg, South Africa, after its engine suddenly caught fire shortly after takeoff.
- Disgust as trophy hunter boasts of killing rare large-tusked elephant in ZimbabweTrophy hunters have boasted about killing a rare large-tusked elephant in a national park in Zimbabwe, reportedly the second time the hunter has killed one of the rare elephants.
- No second coming: Viral ‘resurrected’ Zimbabwean man dies in South AfricaA Zimbabwean man who rose to viral internet fame for his faked religious resurrection in South Africa in February has died for a ‘second time’ – apparently, this time for real.
- Fury as Zimbabwe judiciary spend $155k on handmade wigs from LondonZimbabwe’s judiciary splurging $155,000 on powdered wigs from the UK while many of its courtrooms are in disrepair and nearly two thirds of the population live below the poverty line has sparked outrage.
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