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Tsvangirai slammed over 'God chosen remark'

Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai has been criticised after telling a religious audience that he and President Robert Mugabe were chosen by God to lead the nation and that people should pray for them, a report says.

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Tsvangirai slammed over 'God chosen remark'

Zim rapist caught napping at crime scene

2012-02-14 13:02

A young Zimbabwean man who raped a 72-year-old woman has been arrested after he was caught by neighbours fast asleep and naked inside her house, a report says.

Lights out threatens in Zimbabwe

2012-02-13 22:35

Zimbabwe's energy minister has warned the country risks losing electricity imports from its major supplier if it fails to pay a $90m debt to Mozambique's Hydro Cahora Bassa dam.

More typhoid deaths in Zimbabwe

2012-02-13 17:04

The Health Ministry in Zimbabwe says it has recorded two suspected typhoid deaths, as an outbreak of the disease appeared to worsen.

Mugabe 'won't sign constitution'

2012-02-13 10:03

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe won't sign the draft constitution into the new supreme law of the country as long as it "disqualifies him from contesting the next elections", a senior Zanu-PF official says.

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Zimbabwe mermaids appeased at pumphouse

2012-02-12 16:54

Water is flowing again to a small, arid town in northern Zimbabwe after a traditional ceremony was held to appease "mermaids" who had been terrifying engineers trying to start the pumps.

Typhoid shuts Zimbabwe courts

2012-02-11 18:15

Zimbabwe has shut down the capital's main courthouse after a suspected outbreak of typhoid affected magistrates and court officials.

Outrage over Zim's 1st draft constitution

2012-02-10 09:58

Zimbabwe's first draft constitution has sparked outrage with legal experts equating it to an orchestrated attack on the country's moral, cultural and revolutionary pillars, a report says.

Mujuru death: Many questions unanswered

2012-02-08 08:00

An inquest to clear up the cause of a fire that killed an influential former general in Zimbabwe’s army has left many questions unanswered, amid suspicion he was assassinated.

Mugabe, Tsvangirai face-off

2012-02-06 12:52

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and PM Morgan Tsvangirai are expected to hold an explosive meeting amid reports the premier is seething with anger over leakages of confidential communication between them.

Zimbabwe wants to ban foreign papers

2012-02-02 22:46

Zimbabwe's media commission says it will ask authorities to ban foreign newspapers that are not registered to operate in the country.

Zimbabwe - 50 cases of typhoid per day

2012-01-31 19:49

Zimbabwe is reporting up to 50 cases of typhoid per day and has treated more than 1 500 people in an outbreak blamed on poor water and sanitation facilities, the health minister says.

Baboons wreak havoc at Zim border post

2012-01-31 14:43

Troops of bag-snatching, truck-looting baboons are causing chaos at a border post between Zimbabwe and Zambia in daily raids for food, a report says.

Another Zimbabwe diamond mine gets OK

2012-02-12 20:15

International diamond watchdog the Kimberley Process (KP) has certified Zimbabwe's Diamond Mining Company to sell gems from the violence-tainted Marange fields.

Zim proposal will block Mugabe re-election

2012-02-10 22:11

A draft of a proposed new Zimbabwean constitution will prohibit the country's longtime president from running in the next election.

Outrage over Zim's 1st draft constitution

6-week-old lone jumbo calf dies in Zim

2012-02-09 09:17

Conservationists in Zimbabwe say around-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed.

Zimbabwe general's death suspicious

2012-02-06 19:08

As the inquest into Solomon Mujuru's death ends, the Zimbabwe general's last hours remain shrouded in mystery and suspicions of murder.

Zimbabwe proposed paper ban slammed

2012-02-05 22:10

Press freedom organisations have denounced plans by the Zimbabwe media controller to have some foreign newspapers banned, ahead of possible elections this year.

Five Zimbabwe banks risk closure

2012-02-01 22:32

Zimbabwe's central bank says it has given five under capitalised banks two weeks to raise cash or face closure, after several banks were forced to shut because of the economic crisis.

Zimbabwe rations water

2012-01-31 22:13

Well-to-do areas of Harare are to be rationed with water to fight a typhoid outbreak.

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