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Zimbabwe wants exiled farmers back, but will they risk it?
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.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been battling colon cancer, dies aged 65, party official says.
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Zimbabwe legalises medicinal marijuana
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.
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Mugabe-era minister jailed for corruption in Zimbabwe
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.
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Zimbabwe election unrest turns deadly as army opens fire on protesters
Three people killed after live ammunition, water cannon and teargas fired in capital
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Does Zimbabwe have a new currency?
The government calls it the RTGS dollar, but what is it and will it solve the country's cash problem?
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Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe dies at 95
One of Africa's best-known figures went from being an icon of independence to authoritarian president.
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More than 100 elephants die amid severe drought in Zimbabwe
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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'My cousin died as the doctors are all on strike'
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.
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Zimbabwe's worst drought for 100 years slows Victoria Falls to a trickle
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.
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Zimbabwe agrees to pay $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers
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.
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Zimbabwe wasn’t on Google Street View until this man volunteered to map it himself
After he was unable to find his hometown on Google Street View, Tawanda Kanhema decided to take matters into his own hands.
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