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Zimbabwe

Zanu-PF has been in power since Zimbabwe became independent in 1980.  By Jekesai NJIKIZANA (AFP/File)

Constitutional changes raise tensions in Zimbabwe

Jul 29, 2026 | Zimbabwe

From the cramped cubicle where he sells phone accessories, Stephen Ngwere was sharply critical of Zimbabwe's new constit ...

Jul 26, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's first plant to process clean-energy metal lithium -- of which it is Africa's top producer -- is up and runnin ...

Jul 19, 2026 | Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwean government has firmly dismissed calls for the expulsion of an estimated 25,000 South Africans livi ...

Jul 18, 2026 | Zimbabwe

In Penhalonga, a gold-rich area in eastern Zimbabwe, George Mutsoka woke up one morning suffering from fatigue, a severe ...

Jul 12, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Angeline Garwe monitors smallholder farmers bringing small grain seeds to a community seed bank after harvest in Chiping ...

Jul 9, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana confirmed the change on Tuesday 7 July through a post on

Jul 8, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Leading Zimbabwe opposition figures vowed Wednesday to challenge at home and internationally constitutional changes that ...

Jul 7, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday signed into law constitutional changes that will extend his term by t ...

Jun 30, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Sweeping changes to Zimbabwe's constitution that will extend the presidential term by two years sailed through their fin ...

Jun 25, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved controversial constitutional amendments that would keep President ...

Jun 22, 2026 | Zimbabwe

A Zimbabwean High Court has acquitted a prominent journalist who spent nearly a year on trial over a satirical article c ...

Jun 11, 2026 | Zimbabwe

With both hands gripping a large wooden spoon, a woman stirred thick maize-meal porridge -- Zimbabwe's staple known as s ...

May 15, 2026 | Zimbabwe

Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in ...