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Zimbabwe

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  • A tiny bridge which connects Masvingo road and the diamond mining fields via Odzi River. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe.
    EconomySocietyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe’s diamonds bring wealth for a few, despair for many

    By Farai Shawn Matiashe
    March 2, 2022
    The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners in their own ancestral land. Trevor Kusena, 19, struggles to ...
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  • Confidence Nyirenda monitors cryptocurrency prices from his laptop. The 27-year-old computer science graduate runs a cryptocurrency exchange service in Zimbabwe. Credit: Vimbai Chinembiri/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe sees rise in crypto-trading, and crypto-scams

    By Vimbai Chinembiri
    February 18, 2022
    Inflation and distrust in the banking industry make cryptocurrencies particularly attractive to Zimbabweans. But many are unaware of the risks.   When her sister ...
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  • Abubaker walks with three of his kids. He had a vasectomy in secret because he decided it was time to stop having children. Credit: Edna Namara/Global Press Journal.
    GPJSocietyUgandaZimbabwe

    “It was time I took responsibility”: The men getting vasectomies

    By Edna Namara & Evidence Chenjerai
    February 3, 2022
    More men are starting to push back against misconceptions about the procedure, opening up more possibilities for family planning. Three years ago, Abubaker overheard ...
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  • Cows roam inside the Hwange Colliery Company, Zimbabwe. Credit: Tafadzwa Ufumeli.
    Climate crisisEconomyZimbabwe

    “We cannot co-exist”: Locals decry new coal project in Zimbabwe

    By Tafadzwa Ufumeli
    November 3, 2021
    As delegates discuss the future global impact of coal use at COP26, Dinde villagers fear immediate displacement and environment degradation. At the sight of ...
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  • Edith Hove prunes yellow leaves off her vegetables, which she grows in a community garden in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: Fortune Moyo/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    From subsistence to small business: Zimbabwean gardeners hit pay dirt

    By Fortune Moyo
    October 29, 2021
    When lockdowns restricted commerce and movement, some local gardeners saw their subsistence plots turn into serious money-makers. This story was originally published by Global ...
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  • GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    12,000 indigenous Zimbabweans could be forced from their land

    By Linda Mujuru
    August 11, 2021
    A commercial irrigation project may displace the Shangaan people from their homes, disrupting their way of life in a case of history repeating itself.  ...
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  • BotswanaCultureEditor's PicksNamibiaSouth AfricaZimbabwe

    “What this generation wants”: African authors publishing direct to the web

    By Derick Matsengarwodzi
    April 1, 2021
    Southern African writers are publishing books through Facebook and Whatsapp that speak directly to readers’ lives . Is this the future or a fad? ...
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  • BotswanaEquatorial GuineaKenyaMoroccoNigeriaPoliticsZambiaZimbabwe

    The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools

    By Suraya Dadoo
    February 23, 2021
    A recent report detected several government agencies using Circles’ platforms to snoop on texts, calls and locate private individuals. As internet penetration and smartphone ...
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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa of South African with President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe in 2019. Credit: GCIS.
    EconomyPoliticsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

    Can South Africa come to Zimbabwe’s rescue by ending “quiet diplomacy”?

    By Ian Scoones
    February 1, 2021
    Western diplomats’ holier-than-thou rhetoric is unlikely to help. South Africa can be more understanding, sensitive and practical. Zimbabwe’s worsening economic and political crises seem ...
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  • Zimbabwe doctor A police officer at a checkpoint in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: KB Mpofu / ILO.
    PoliticsSocietyZimbabwe

    I’m a Zimbabwean doctor. The crisis is even worse than you think.

    By A Zimbabwean doctor
    August 19, 2020
    Doctors and nurses are on strike. We’re having to turn patients away. Morale is the lowest it’s ever been.  You may have heard about ...
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