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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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