As Zimbabwe prepares to host a global wetlands summit, its own wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate.
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June 7-8• Gulf architecture as soft power• Banning #SkinnyTok• Viral PSG éclairs• … and much more ⬇️ STARTER A timely reminder of what Ukraine’s defeat would mean for the rest of us Bahatyr and Vilne Pole. Oleksandropil and Mykhailivka and Malynivka. Here in Germany, these names mean nothing. They stir no feelings, no fear, no […]
Residents spend as much as 20% of their income on water, yet what comes from their taps is green, dirty and undrinkable. Now, privatization looms, threatening even higher costs.
Piles of Chinese-made plastics are now an inescapable part of Zimbabwe’s landscape, and corruption is making it impossible to clean up the mess.
The sudden halt of USAID funding threatens the country’s fragile TB and HIV response, putting thousands of patients at risk.
Zambia is as generous with patients from neighboring Zimbabwe as it is with its own citizens. That could mean problems for both countries.
Despite legal prohibitions, several African countries continue to suffer high rates of child marriage. Now, tribal leaders are teaming up with civil society, taking as many routes as necessary to find solutions.
New HIV infections and AIDS deaths have plummeted, but stigma is on the rise. The solution may come from the era when the epidemic was at its worst.
Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.
In the long fight against HIV/AIDS, advancements in medicine mean that today, shame and stigma is often more deadly than the disease itself. One Zimbabwean pastor has been preaching a gospel of hope in one of the countries worst affected by the virus.
Free speech advocates are concerned that the government has been using the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act to keep citizens and journalists from expressing political opinions.
Writers and translators in Shona, the most widely spoken language of Zimbabwe, have dedicated the past five years to bringing the George Orwell classic to a country that has known the cruel formula of human despotism first-hand.
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Zimbabwe Has A Serious Sex Ed Problem
Teachers and others say Zimbabwe’s current curriculum falls short and should be redesigned. But some question whether the subject should be taught in schools at all.
Mercury exposure can be deadly. So why are gold miners in Zimbabwe using the dangerous chemical — and risking their lives and the health of their communities in the process?
Zimbabweans cling to hope even after years of silence from loved ones who have disappeared across borders.
Backers of the opposition’s presidential candidate see hope in upstart victories in Malawi and Zambia. But in Zimbabwe, a single party has been in power for more than four decades.
The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women in Zimbabwe join the once male-dominated construction industry.
In the absence of qualified staff, grandmothers from the Friendship Benches program offer free listening and advice to patients suffering from depression.
Catering specifically to women – particularly in rural areas – is not only good for gender equality, it is good for business.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2yAKwn4wBk?rel=0 expand=1] 2017 In 2 Minutes, A Video Year In Review
Mugabe and Maduro share much in common, starting with the rare ability to gut the resources of a promising national economy and disregard the will of the people. But there is an important difference that may explain who survives another day.
-Analysis- Lord Acton’s famous phrase about the corrupting effect of power (and absolute power) should have come with a footnote about the “clinging” factor. On any given day, it isn’t hard to find someone in charge, somewhere in the world, using all their wits and energy to hold onto power beyond any reasonable claim to […]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s three decades in power may finally be over. Gunfire broke out late Tuesday in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare as military panzers moved in to prevent anyone from accessing government offices. At around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Maj. Gen. S.B. Moyo, a ranking member of the army, appeared on state television. “We […]
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Rhinoceros And Champagne
On the Zambezi, the upper end of which begets the mighty Victoria Falls, I went on a half-day cruise. There was amazing fauna to observe from the deck, and champagne to drink from the boat’s open bar. Hey rhinos, here’s looking at you …
ISRAELIS KILL PALESTINIAN TODDLER An 18-month-old Palestinian boy was burned to death overnight when Israeli settlers set his family’s home in the West Bank city of Duma ablaze, Haaretz reports. The toddler’s mother, father and 4-year-old brother were seriously injured in the attack, which occurred at 4 am. The two masked attackers painted Hebrew graffiti […]
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Central Safari
If you click on “show story map” at the top of this page, you’ll have a global view of the slides published so far, and begin to get an idea of how widely my wife and I traveled. Still, you may notice some gaps on the map — and Zimbabwe was the closest we got […]
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See You Later, Alligator
It’s a small crocodile — and a small world too: We had already crossed paths with this lady handling a baby crocodile at Victoria Falls’ nature sanctuary, four years earlier … in Ecuador!
AL JAZEERA Worldcrunch HARARE — Zimbabwe’s veteran leader Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a new five-year term in a massive stadium inauguration that was boycotted by his election rival, Al Jazeera reports. Mugabe pledged “to observe, uphold and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe,” extending his 33-year rule. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who insists […]
His political career began as a struggle against racist oppression and continued until achieving his country’s independence. But the newly re-elected leader, 89, is epitomized by violence and corruption.
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Zimbabwe Election “Compromised”
BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch This week’s election in Zimbabwe was “seriously compromised” with up to a million people prevented from voting, the country’s largest observer group said Thursday. Most of those turned away were in urban areas, where support for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is strong, said the Zimbabwe Election Support Network. It noted that […]
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Popular Zimbabwe Singer Dies At 37
THE HERALD, NEW ZIMBABWE (Zimbabwe) Worldcrunch CHITUNGWIZA – Chiwoniso Maraire, one of Zimbabwe’s most famous singers, died late Wednesday at the age of 37. Born in Olympia, U.S., in 1976, Chiwoniso shot to fame in the 1990s thanks to her distinctive voice and her playing the mbira — also known as sanza, kalimba or “thumb […]