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Blantyre, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made an appeal to African leaders to promptly confront the string of climate change-related calamities that continue to afflict the region by, among other ways, embracing relocation strategy. The Zimbabwean leader, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, made …

Zimbabwe is taking advantage of a technology used in South Africa and China, to develop ammonium-based fertilizers from coal SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity. “We …

Locally known as ‘Hambas’, solar-powered three-wheelers, whose batteries last up to 100 kilometres on a single charge, are saving rural Zimbabwe dwellers hours of walking and chores. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Small-scale dairy farmer Matius Khumbula has a new joy in his daily routine. The 70-year-old who hails …

Harare, Zimbabwe  | Xinhua | The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is set to introduce a gold-backed digital currency to reduce demand for the U.S. dollar as the local currency continues to tumble, the state-run newspaper Sunday Mail reported Sunday. The digital gold tokens, a form of electronic money backed by gold …

Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY |  Egypt’s Ibrahim Moaz Srour and Uganda’s Abdul Latif Sendyowa were Leg 1 and 2 winners in the boys category at the ITF/14 and Under tennis tournament that concluded on Friday at Lugogo tennis club. The tournament that run from April 11-14 attracted junior tennis …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean government on Wednesday ordered precautionary measures be implemented due to tropical cyclone Freddy, which is expected to hit the country by the end of this week. The government ordered boarding and day schools in areas on the path of the cyclone to suspend on …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday launched a 10-million-U.S.-dollar revolving facility to support value addition and beneficiation by artisanal and small-scale gold miners (ASGM) who account for the bulk of gold produced in the country. Ncube said at a press conference that 5 million dollars will …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s economic activity remains robust, as evidenced by strong foreign currency receipts, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Writing in his weekly column Sunday in the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper on his reflections on the Reserve Bank’s 2023 Monetary Policy Statement, Mnangagwa said the country’s balance of …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has nullified the results of nearly 5,000 Ordinary Level candidates for alleged cheating during the 2022 end of year public examinations. State-controlled newspaper the Herald reported Saturday that 4,961 candidates had their results nullified after ZIMSEC established that they had accessed question …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe will roll out the second phase of the measles vaccination campaign in the most affected districts, starting next Monday, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said Friday. The campaign will run from Jan. 30 to Feb. 10 targeting children aged five years to below 15 …