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    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Regional leaders absent as Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president

      Observers of regional body SADC voice rare criticism of the election process

      Emmerson Mnangagwa inspects the guard of honour after being sworn in as Zimbabwe president during an inauguration ceremony in Harare on September 4 2023
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Zimbabwe opposition urges African neighbours to back election rerun

      Call to international community reflects Mnangagwa rivals’ pessimism about securing new polls via the courts

      Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa speaks at an event
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      Zimbabwe president re-elected after vote criticised for irregularities

      Incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa declared victor but opposition vows to contest result

      Emmerson Mnangagwa
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Zimbabwe election irregularities criticised by international observers

      Proof of a credible voting process is critical to whether the country wins foreign support to clear its debts

      Arrested election observers are transported to court in Harare, Zimbabwe
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Zimbabwe election marred by delays and vote-rigging accusations

      Some voters in southern African nation still to cast ballots more than 24 hours after poll began

      Voters wait to cast their votes in Harare, Zimbabwe
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Mnangagwa’s presidency of Zimbabwe falls short of low bar set by Mugabe

      A worsening climate of fear and repression grips the country as the incumbent leader seeks a second term

      Montage of Emmerson Mnangagwa and Robert Mugabe
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga: ‘People should not feel they are on the brink of extinction’

      The writer on speaking out against her country’s rulers — and why she will not rein in her critiques ahead of next week’s elections

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      The shadowy NGO accused of manipulating Zimbabwe election process

      Forever Associates Zimbabwe is at the centre of vote rigging allegations aimed at keeping Emmerson Mnangagwa in power

      A supporter of Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU PF holds up an election campaign banner during a rally addressed by party president Emmerson Mnangagwa, in Harare
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Alec Russell
      Lessons from Zimbabwe on ending autocracy

      The deeply flawed election campaign underlines how hard it is to oust embedded rulers

      Emmerson Mnangagwa raises his cap to supporters in Bulawayo. The president will fall eventually, but only after further destruction of the state
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Zimbabwe repression worse than under Mugabe, say opposition as vote looms

      Nelson Chamisa aims to end the rule of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zanu-PF party

      Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, supporters sing during a rally to celebrate the launch of their election campaign in Gweru
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      News in-depth
      Zimbabwe election offers regime a last chance to end financial isolation

      Vote’s fairness will determine whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa can oversee an international re-engagement

      Emmerson Mnangagwa
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Zimbabwe’s president sets general elections for August 23

      Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling party seeks to extend decades-long grip over the African country

      Emmerson Mnangagwa casting his ballot
    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Zimbabwe to launch gold-backed digital token as currency concerns mount

      Move comes amid drop in value of local dollar and persistent inflationary pressures

      Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya holds a sample of a gold coin at its  launch last year
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Interview
      Zimbabwe opposition leader wants election to stop ‘dictatorship’

      Nelson Chamisa says tyranny is worse than under the late dictator Robert Mugabe

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      The Big Read
      How China is winning the race for Africa’s lithium

      The country already dominates processing of the metal for use in electric vehicle batteries and is now investing heavily in mines, leaving western operators scrambling to keep up

      A Chinese flag with the continent of Africa and a hand displaying some crystal-like products
    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      All-female African mine carves out sustainable future

      The Zimbaqua gem mine is empowering women from a rural community in Zimbabwe to become financially independent in a male-dominated industry

      female employees of Zimbaqua
    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      ReviewFilm
      Blind Ambition — rags-to-results documentary follows four unlikely sommeliers

      The film trails a clean-cut foursome from Zimbabwe who compete in the World Blind Tasting Championships

      Four men run and jump excitedly towards the gates of a vineyard
    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      FT Schools
      Students call for better pandemic teaching methods and learning materials

      Winners of FT Schools/World Bank youth blog competition offer solutions to issues with online study

      Three children writing and reading
    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Countries ban travellers from southern Africa over Covid variant

      UK warns B.1.1.529 strain ‘may be more transmissible’ than Delta and vaccines ‘may be less effective’

      A healthcare worker prepares a dose of a vaccine
    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      FT AlphavilleJoseph Cotterill
      Trafigura, Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’, and the question of a South African fuel trader

      FT Alphaville follows a trail of pollen to South Africa.

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Travelista
      Travel news: time to hit the road again

      As the horizon starts expanding, check into these chic new addresses – from the west coast of America to Australia’s New South Wales

      The revamped Sea Ranch Lodge in western Sonoma, California
    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Kudakwashe Tagwirei
      The offshore hive of Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’

      Unravelling a US-sanctioned magnate’s links to a complex mining and trading empire

    • Friday, 25 September, 2020
      Life & Arts
      Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga on protest and prizes

      The novelist on making the Booker shortlist — and the fallout from her arrest by armed police

    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
      African politics
      South Africa signals hardening of ‘quiet diplomacy’ with Zimbabwe

      Dispute between former liberation movements makes clear frustration with situation in Harare

      A student and human rights activist holds a banner during a peaceful protest in Harare last week
    • Sunday, 13 September, 2020
      Arrested Zimbabwe journalist: ‘They would have thrown the key away’

      Hopewell Chin’ono was imprisoned after alleging that president’s son had looted Covid-19 supplies

      Hopewell Chin’ono arriving in court in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 7
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