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Zimbabwe

Type: Country

Name: Zimbabwe

population: 13,874,610

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 6 reports

Robert Mugabe

France legalises gay marriage

PARIS: France yesterday became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter debate and demonstrations. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Gay, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Michael Sata, France

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Zimbabwe PM's party pledges trimmer army, just society

HARARE Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections. "The size of the army must be rationalised taking into account the fact that we are in peace ... [Published Daily Nation - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Tendai Biti, Harare

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 3 reports

Guided Tours Mask Land Reform Failures

IT has almost become part of tradition for visiting heads of state or high-profile delegates to visit the highly mechanised First Family's Gushungo Dairy Estate and Amai Grace Mugabe elite Junior school in Mazowe which are hardly typical of Zimbabwean ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe, First Family, Happyton Bonyongwe

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 12 reports

Policy to Transform Zim Launched

The policy that will open Zimbabwe for business, usher in substantive reforms in various sectors with the sole objective of spurring economic growth, restore our collective dignity and creating jobs for the millions of unemployed Zimbabweans has been ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Christian Centre, Harare

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 5 reports

Morgan Tsvangirai

PM hits back over âpsychiatric caseâ jibe

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday called for ârespectful disagreementâ between politicians and deplored increasing incidents of personal attacks in the State media as the country heads for new elections this year."I donât hate anyone,â the MDC-T ... [Published New Zimbabwe.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Constantine Chiwenga

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

When will Zim be ready for elections?

DR Ibbo Mandaza, a local academic, author and publisher, always has interesting “theories” on politics, current events and how things are likely to pan out.Editor’s Memo with Dumisani MleyaBesides being an intriguing political operator in his own right, ... [Published Zimbabwe Independent - May 17 2013]

Entities: Elections, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Reformism

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 6 reports

Zimbabwe: UN Supports Government of Zimbabwe in Tackling Food and Nutrition Insecurity

Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Zimbabwe **Harare - Persistent hunger and under-nutrition continue to be major obstacles to development and economic growth in Zimbabwe, especially among the poor. A third of Zimbabwe’s children between six months ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Zimbabwe, Government of Zimbabwe

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Zimbabwe man's legs twitch at own funeral, turns out he's alive

A Zimbabwe man being mourned by family and friends at his funeral as dead was in fact not dead. Fortunately for him, if fortune can be said to be involved in having a funeral while alive, his legs began to twitch. That gave mourners a rather obvious clue ... [Published Digital Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Gweru (Zimbabwe), Memory

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 5 reports

Zimbabwe PM: We are 'new broom' set to win polls

Zimbabwes prime minister says he is poised to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Elections

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Zim 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa'

Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party’s election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges".Cape Town - Zimbabwe is probably the richest and most heavily resourced ... [Published News24.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, James Duddridge, Global Witness

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Resources, graft and Africa’s curse

AFRICAN countries have often been accused of turning conferences into talk shops which fail to come up with meaningful policy proposals and resolutions to tackle the myriad of problems bedevilling the continent, including poverty, disease and human rights ... [Published Zimbabwe Independent - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Sydney SEKERAMAYI, ZANU-PF, Partnership Africa Canada, Mining

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Zimbabwe: State Media Lashes Out At SA Minister Over Conditional Cash Pledge

Zimbabwe's state media has lashed out at a South African government minister, who said his country would provide financial support for its neighbour ahead of elections this year, depending on key reforms.South Africa's International Relations Deputy Minister, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, Jonathan Moyo, Elections, Reformism

Quotes

"Setting up an exchange is about increasing the size of the pie, not just slicing it another way"

Finance in Africa-Elenis mission -Dr Eleni Gabre - Ma. . . [Published Equities.com - 39 mins ago]

Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast regional director for Amnesty International USA, said in an interview with the Boston Globe, "In 1986, it was already clear this was a brutal regime that has been murderous. The idea that he would warrant an honorary degree was very questionable at the time."

Dishonorary Degree [Published Dartmouth College The Dartmouth - 2 hours ago]

"We are just storytelling and it's part of what we do everyday." - AFP

Life under Zim's 'mutilated rule of law' [Published Mail & Guardian Online - 4 hours ago]

..."These are used for stashing away illicit capital flows. These are part of the big picture of whats happened," says Biyanyima. "Theres also mispricing. For example, a company like Mopani Copper Mine, which is a Zambian subsidiary of a Swiss company Glencore, was mining copper, and exporting it below market price to its parent company. Then Glencore would re-sell it at the market price. This is illegal. With this kind of mispricing going on, Zambia was losing $ 150 million or so every year, and [with this] exposed, I understand the government is prosecuting the company." The report recommends greater transparency in state contracts with private companies and also in national budgets, which reveal transactions by gove...

African Mines: A Potential Source of Funds for Infrastructure [Published VOA News - 10 hours ago]

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Finance in Africa-Elenis mission -Dr Eleni Gabr... [Published Equities.com - 39 mins ago]
Mugabe crimes cannot be ignored [Published Herald Scotland - 2 hours ago]
Dishonorary Degree [Published Dartmouth College The Dartmouth - 2 hours ago]
Of Course Iran Is Chairing the UN Disarmament C... [Published Pajamas Media - 3 hours ago]
Grandchildren of the Raj [Published DNA India - 3 hours ago]
Ayim, Ibe Read for the Abuja Literati [Published This Day Online - 3 hours ago]
Life under Zim's 'mutilated rule of law' [Published Mail & Guardian Online - 4 hours ago]
MDC-T gears for primary elections ahead of polls [Published sundaymail.co.zw - 4 hours ago]
Zim Carnival is here [Published sundaymail.co.zw - 4 hours ago]
Delta to shell out US$27m [Published sundaymail.co.zw - 4 hours ago]
Cotton price still woeful [Published sundaymail.co.zw - 4 hours ago]
Nigeria's Bisi Silva named in Venice Biennale jury [Published Nigerian Compass - 6 hours ago]
UK scholarships open doors for Belizeans [Published Belize Times - 8 hours ago]
France legalises gay marriage [Published Qatar Peninsula - 9 hours ago]
African Mines: A Potential Source of Funds for ... [Published VOA News - 10 hours ago]
Inside Kenyatta’s emerging, assertive policy in... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - 10 hours ago]
Gukurahundi: MDC-T pledges compensation [Published New Zimbabwe.com - 10 hours ago]
Zimbabwe PM's party pledges trimmer army, just ... [Published Daily Nation - 11 hours ago]
Easing Africa’s Pain: The Need for Palliative Care [Published fairplanet - 11 hours ago]
Tsvangirai party pledges trim army [Published News24.com - 12 hours ago]
Zimbabwe: Rugare Girl Murder Suspect Remanded i... [Published AllAfrica.com - 14 hours ago]
South Africa capitalist system is the real enemy [Published The Guardian Express - 14 hours ago]
Monday: Screening of 'Tapestries of Hope' [Published Almanac Online - 14 hours ago]
RESULTS: 2013 Atlanta Grand Prix (Lolo Jones) [Published Flow Track - 14 hours ago]
LIFE OVERSEAS: Culture of love [Published New Straits Times - 15 hours ago]
Zimbabwe lecturer jailed for Mugabe 'donkey' slur [Published Africa Review - 15 hours ago]
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai unveils post-election plan [Published Africa Review - 17 hours ago]
Mugabe jails citizen for mean words [Published Eye Witness News - 17 hours ago]
Ride the rails with one of these awesome deals [Published NEWS.com.au - 18 hours ago]
South Africa: Power of SANTA'S STORY Diluted by... [Published Broadway World - 18 hours ago]

Blogs

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Of Course Iran Is Chairing the UN Disarmament C... [Published Pajamas Media - 3 hours ago] In the parade of United Nations absurdities, here comes Iran’s four-week presidency of the UN Conference on Disarmament — an arrangement that the U.S. Mission to the UN has described as “unfortunate and inappropriate,” and Hillel Neuer of UN Watch has ...
Easing Africa’s Pain: The Need for Palliative Care [Published fairplanet - 11 hours ago] “I am in pain 24 hours a day”, Mamadou* told a Human Rights Watch researcher. “The pain I have all over my body…it is in my bones.” Mamadou, a 47-year-old man from rural Senegal, has advanced prostate cancer that has spread throughout his body. He can ...
Repression in Zim: An Election Must Be Nigh [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - May 17 2013] There is an old cliche about three similar events making a trend. Well, it appears we have a trend in Zimbabwe, where, not coincidentally, there is supposed to be an election this year. In recent weeks a young activist, Solomon Madzore, found himself ...
Dead Man Rises From Coffin, Mourners Flee Funeral [Published Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome - May 16 2013] Note: Picture relatively unrelated but still from one of the best games ever made.Funeral goers in Zimbabwe were sent scattering after a man believed to be dead for a day starting moving around in his coffin . Turns out he wasn't dead after all, just ...
Churches in Africa hope for good governance and... [Published SocioLingo Africa - May 16 2013] GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With Zimbabwe and other African nations heading for elections in the coming months, churches in the region recently...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...

Audio/Video

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14 May - Zimbabwe Markets with James Wadi [Published ABN Digital - Video - May 14 2013]
14 May -- Zimbabwe Markets with James Wadi [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 14 2013]
Zimbabwe Ready to Engage Potential Investors [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 10 2013]
Risks in Hotel Investment in Zimbabwe [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 10 2013]
Zimbabwe Retail Group Ok H1 Earnings [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 10 2013]

Press Releases

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Spice Unveils 5 Inch ICS Based 3G Smartphone - ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 18 2013]
Local Maryland Sustainability Company Sponsors ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 16 2013]
Empowers Africa Announces 2013 Grant Recipients [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]
RMT's GPS Tracking Tools Used to Help Monitor A... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 14 2013]
Caledonia Mining Corporation: Q1 2013 Results a... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 13 2013]