News tagged with 'zimbabwe'. Found 390 tagged news.

Soldiers run amok in Harare, Zimbabwe

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 11 hours ago

Troops angered over delays in withdrawing cash from a bank rampaged through Zimbabwe's capital Monday. The BBC reports troops looted stores and attacked civilians before authorities managed to restore order in Harare. The violence followed a long day...

Tags: cholera, Harare, Zimbabwe, BBC

Sri Lanka blank Zimbabwe

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 1 day ago

Zimbabwe were chasing 153 for victory and Keith Dabengwa (39) and captain Prosper Utseya (31) lifted them from 58 for six with a 72-run stand that left the hosts needing 23 for victory in 10 overs with four wickets in hand.

Tags: wickets, cricket, sports, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, india

Now anthrax takes toll on the starving in Zimbabwe

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 2 days ago

To add to the peril of cholera, Zimbabwe's beleaguered population is now facing anthrax. An outbreak of the deadly infection has killed two children and one adult and spread to 32 others. It is threatening to wipe out at least 60,000 livestock in the...

Tags: children, cholera, starvation, hunger, Zimbabwe

Fleeced By The President's Men - An African Story

Blantyre :: Malawi | 2 days ago

Posted by FelixNgasama

by Felix Ngasama The sycophantic praise-singing and boot-licking presidential aides, cabinet ministers and other high ranking officials who surround African presidents are mainly responsible for Africa's doom and gloom. They are the architects of many...

Tags: Mandela, Mugabe, Kaunda, Banda, Muluzi, dictatorship, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe offers free graves as cholera spreads

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 2 days ago

The Zimbabwean capital, Harare, is offering free graves for victims of a cholera outbreak sweeping the southern African state, which a United Nations agency says is only the tip of a health crisis. Nearly 400 people have died from the disease, preventable...

Tags: zimbabwe, mugabe, tsvangirai, Zimbabwean, Robert Mugabe, Mr Mugabe, Harare, South Africa, health minister

Sri Lanka dig in to beat Zimbabwe

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 3 days ago

Spinner Ajantha Mendis grabbed 6-29 as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 146, with Keith Dabengwa top-scoring with 32. Sri Lanka lost three batsmen without scoring and slipped to 33-3 in their response, with Tawanda Mupariwa taking two wickets in successive...

Tags: wickets, cricket, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, bowler, Ajantha Mendis, Jehan Mubarak, spinner ajantha

Zambian president visits Nigeria

Abuja :: Nigeria | 4 days ago

Zambian President Rupiah Banda arrived in Nigeria on Thursday for a one-day visit.     During the visit, which is his first trip outside his country since he won the presidential election last month, Banda is expected to hold bilateral talks with Nigerian...

Tags: Rupiah Banda, Zimbabwe

Lessons of Zimbabwe · Mahmood Mamdani: Mugabe in Context

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 4 days ago

Lessons of Zimbabwe Mahmood Mamdani It is hard to think of a figure more reviled in the West than Robert Mugabe. Liberal and conservative commentators alike portray him as a brutal dictator, and blame him for Zimbabwe's descent into hyperinflation and...

Tags: zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Mahmood Mamdani, Robert Mugabe

Cholera spreading in SA?

Cape Town :: South Africa | 5 days ago

A senior KwaZulu-Natal health department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was unknown where the two had been living and working in Durban. RK Khan spokesperson Kamla Chetty told Sapa the two patients were Zimbabwean brothers who...

Tags: cholera, zimbabwe, disease, sewage, Zimbabweans, South Africa, cholera epidemic

Cholera epidemic overshadows Zimbabwe talks

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 6 days ago

Zimbabwe's opposition leader called for a new mediator Wednesday after saying fresh power-sharing talks had made no progress, warning a humanitarian crisis posed an unprecedented threat to the country. Morgan Tsvangirai said relations with former South...

Tags: zimbabwe, robert mugabe, tsvangirai, mugabe, Zimbabwean, Zimbabweâ, Robert Mugabeâ, Morgan Tsvangirai, president robert, South African