After he was unable to find his hometown on Google Street View, Tawanda Kanhema decided to take matters into his own hands.

Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era.

For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa's Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a gash in the earth, have drawn millions of holidaymakers to Zimbabwe and Zambia for their stunning views. But the worst drought in a century has slowed the waterfalls to a trickle, fuelling fears that climate change could kill one of the region's biggest tourist attractions.

The scene in the car park at Zimbabwe's biggest hospital was heart-breaking. People were sitting on the ground waiting to collect a body from the morgue at Parirenyatwa Hospital, which has been paralysed by the nationwide doctors' strike. Two of the women, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said their cousin had died from kidney failure the previous day.

Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk due to a severe drought. Eventually park staff freed the trapped elephant, but it collapsed and died. Just yards away lay the carcass of a Cape buffalo that had also been pulled from the mud, but was attacked by hungry lions.

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A former minister who served under Zimbabwe's ex president Robert Mugabe was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to four years in jail on Friday, his lawyer said, the first conviction of a Mugabe-era official since he stepped down.

Zimbabwe has made it legal to produce marijuana for medicinal and scientific uses. It follows in the footsteps of Lesotho, the tiny nation which last year became the first in Africa to issue a license for medical marijuana. Zimbabwe has been considering legalising the drug for a number of months, and will now become one of the few countries able to turn it into a source of revenue.

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been battling colon cancer, dies aged 65, party official says.

The Zimbabwean Government's call for exiled farmers to return and take up 99-year leases has been met with some excitement in the Australian community, but not everyone is convinced. Former farmer and now Queensland resident Rod Blevin says no, and it comes down to whether the government can be trusted. "To use an analogy, I see the same bus but it's a different driver," Mr Blevin said.

A white Zimbabwean farmer evicted by the government of Robert Mugabe has returned to a hero's welcome as the first to get his land back under the new president, in a sign of reform on an issue that had hastened the country's international isolation. With a military escort, Robert Smart made his way into Lesbury farm about 124 miles east of the capital, Harare, on Thursday to cheers and song by dozens of workers and community members.

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A Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal, raising immediate concerns about judicial independence under the country's new administration. Army chiefs put military vehicles on the streets of Harare and placed veteran leader Mugabe, 93, under house arrest, before he resigned on Tuesday.

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Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe abruptly resigned Tuesday, bringing a potentially peaceful end to a growing political crisis that had raised fears of a military crackdown or other violence. Mugabe’s resignation was announced by the speaker of the country’s parliament, Jacob Mudenda. The BBC reported that Mugabe, 93, released a letter saying he’d made the decision to avoid further unrest and pave the way for a smoother transition of power in the country he’d ruled singlehandedly since it gained its independence in 1980.

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The end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule sparks wild celebrations in the streets.

Longtime President Robert Mugabe ignored a midday deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings, while Zimbabweans stunned by his lack of resignation during a national address vowed more protests to make him leave. "Arrogant Mugabe disregards Zanu PF," one newspaper headline said. Opposition activists and the influential liberation war veterans association announced more demonstrations to pressure the 93-year-old Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, to step down after 37 year in power.