FARAI MUTSAKA | The Seattle Times

A currency trader mends an old and worn 2 dollar bill at a busy market in Harare, in this Monday, Oct, 26, 2020 photo. Worn out or shredded by rats, one dollar notes are king in Zimbabwe, beset by a continuing economic crisis. Crisp new notes are not coming into Zimbabwe, so enterprising traders are repairing old ones for desperate customers.( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) XTM101 XTM101

November 13, 2020 at 12:27 am

Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis VIEW

Worn out or shredded by rats, $1 notes are king in Zimbabwe, beset by a continuing economic crisis. One dollar bills are used by many...

November 3, 2020 at 11:05 am

Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono arrested on new charge

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police have arrested investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono on contempt of court charges, his lawyer said Tuesday. Chin’ono recently spent nearly...

September 15, 2020 at 1:03 am

Zimbabwe government abuses critics, allege rights groups VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Godfrey Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that,...

Nation & World

September 2, 2020 at 8:51 am

Bail granted to Zimbabwean journalist jailed for a month

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s High Court has granted bail to investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono who has spent more than a month in detention, but...

September 2, 2020 at 7:08 am

Zimbabwe investigating deaths of 22 elephants, more expected

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The number of elephants dying in western Zimbabwe from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous plants, has risen to...

Nation & World

September 1, 2020 at 10:20 am

Bacterial infection may have killed 11 elephants in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous plants, could be the cause of the death of 11 elephants in a forest...

August 29, 2020 at 1:39 am

Zimbabwe’s ‘keyboard warriors’ hold protests off the streets VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Unable to protest on the streets, some in Zimbabwe are calling themselves “keyboard warriors” as they take to graffiti and social...

August 11, 2020 at 3:33 am

Jailed Zimbabwean journalist is denied rights, say lawyers

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Lawyers for a jailed Zimbabwean journalist have asked a court to force prison authorities to stop the “blatant and malicious stripping...

July 31, 2020 at 1:40 am

Scores of Zimbabwe protesters arrested, military in streets VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Scores of people were arrested Friday in Zimbabwe as hundreds of military troops as well as police attempted to thwart an...

July 28, 2020 at 1:12 am

Zimbabwe’s ruling party calls US ambassador a ‘thug’

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s ruling party has threatened the United States ambassador with expulsion, calling him a “thug” and accusing him of funding organizers...