Zimbabwe

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UAE becomes Africa’s biggest investor amid rights concerns
Activists alarmed at emirati companies’ poor record on labour rights and fear projects may fail to address environmental concerns

Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent

24, Dec, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Walking Dead actor Danai Gurira inspires African playwrights with Zimbabwe workshops
Television and film star, who wrote first play to premiere on Broadway with all female and black cast and creatives, hopes writers’ conference will bring on new talent

Tawanda Mudzonga

11, Dec, 2024 @10:00 AM

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‘Climate-induced poisoning’: 350 elephants probably killed by toxic water
Satellite data analysis suggests algal blooms could be behind mass die-off in Botswana that sparked flurry of theories in 2020

Phoebe Weston

29, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Church of England ‘directly responsible’ for John Smyth abuse in Zimbabwe, victim says
Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim naked

Rachel Savage and Farai Shawn Matiashe

16, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Mystery surrounds John Smyth after leaving UK and Zimbabwe for South Africa
Smyth enjoyed ‘opulent lifestyle’ in Cape Town after he was barred from Zimbabwe, where he abused boys at summer camps

Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent

13, Nov, 2024 @7:12 AM

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Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamour for archbishop to resign
Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’

Emine Sinmaz

12, Nov, 2024 @12:53 PM

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The Guardian view on abuse and the Church of England: a reckoning is due for a shameful failure | Editorial
Editorial: Justin Welby didn’t do enough when told about John Smyth’s sadistic offending – and he knows it

Editorial

11, Nov, 2024 @6:42 PM

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‘Levels are dropping’: drought saps Zambia and Zimbabwe of hydropower
Vast human-made Lake Kariba is at near-record low, causing daily power cuts and devastating two African economies

Rachel Savage and Nyasha Chingono at Kariba Dam

11, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Zimbabwe outlines plan to cull scores of elephants to feed people after drought
Culling after severe drought wiped out crops across region is also part of effort to decongest country’s parks

Rachel Savage and agencies

17, Sep, 2024 @4:23 PM

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Sir Shridath Ramphal obituary
Guyanese politician and diplomat who served as the Commonwealth secretary general from 1975 to 1990

Kaye Whiteman

01, Sep, 2024 @4:58 PM

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Women behind the lens: ‘This is how I see Zimbabwe – thriving in the face of challenges’
Photographer Tamary Kudita chose this location for its lotus flowers, which produce beautiful blooms despite difficult living conditions

Tamary Kudita

03, Jun, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Cholera now threatens 1bn people. It’s time to finish what we began in the 19th century
With the disease raging in 23 countries and no vaccine stocks, Zambia and the WHO propose a way to stop the deaths

Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

21, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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