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Zimbabwe is urging the talented to return

A website provides a platform for skilled professionals to create profiles that can be used by potential local employers and also lists out investment opportunities.

July 22, 2010

More newspapers hit the streets of Harare as Zimbabwe media industry opens up

Newspapers granted licences as part of democratic reform promised in unity agreement signed by Robert Mugabe, the president, and his former rivals in 2008.

July 1, 2010

At a vegetable market in Harare, there is almost as much rubbish as there is produce.

Zimbabwe fights tide of rubbish

Bulawayo municipality, the country's second largest with 1.5 million people, is failing to collect refuse, repair roads and sewer pipes.

June 28, 2010

Maize is still on sale in Harare, but Zimbabwe may have to import the crop this year to cover a deficit.

Starving Zimbabwe rejects GM maize

Low rains and crop failure triggers need for food aid, but Zimbabwe rejects genetically modified maize as food aid after raising health and environmental concerns.

June 7, 2010

North Korean footballers practise in France last October. The team has shifted its upcoming camp in Zimbabwe to the capital, Harare.

North Koreans not welcome in Bulawayo

Zimbabweans say their presence reminds them of Pyongyang's role in training local soldiers who later killed thousands of civilians in the 1980s.

May 17, 2010

A water filter from the Red Cross makes its way out of Germany.

Zimbabwe to press 'urgent' case for ending sanctions

Zimbabwe and the EU plan to begin formal talks this month in an effort to mend broken relations and end a crippling regime of sanctions, according to officials in Harare.

May 4, 2010

New budget airline for Zimbabwe

A budget airline has been launched in Zimbabwe.

May 2, 2010

The Zimbabwean authorities were hoping to capitalise on the country's natural attractions like the Victoria Falls - the bridge spanning which Jonathan Oppenheimer bungi jumps from in September 23; the 111 metre bungi jump is said to be the highest in the world - to attract an influx of tourists following their respective football teams preparations for the World Cup in neighbouring South Africa.

World Cup countries show Zimbabwe the red card

Zimbabwe's hopes of earning much-needed revenue by hosting football teams before the Fifa World Cup in June in neighbouring South Africa have been dashed.

March 29, 2010

Elmas Chiganda won the Mr Ugly pageant in Zimbabwe after finishing second in last year's contest.

Contest to be Zimbabwe's most hideous

Winner turns his unsightly looks to his advantage while organisers seek a sponsor to take unique contest nationwide.

March 24, 2010

Mr Mugabe's land reforms disrupted the agricultural sector and scared away foreign investors.

Zimbabwe split over $5.7 billion debt plan

Finance minister proposes applying for indebted status to spur growth but critics say this will shackle country to its creditors.

March 22, 2010

Chigaga Fundisai, an elder of Mashavakure village, says legend has it that his ancestors brought the object from the Middle East.

Link claimed between Biblical holy object and Zimbabwean tribe

The Remba of Zimbabwe claim to have been protected by a 'star' some scholars believe is the Jewish Ark of the Covenant.

March 5, 2010

The flame lily, Zimbabwe's national flower.

Zimbabwe's national flower faces extinction

Widespread Illegal harvesting and trade is threatening the highly prized flame lily, which grows mainly in the wild.

February 26, 2010

Zimbabwe acts against foreign business owners

President Robert Mugabe's government will impose a five-year jail term on owners of foreign companies who are not prepared to sell a 51% stake to blacks.

February 24, 2010

MPs have complained that the current building's chamber is too crowded.

Zimbabwe's Parliament is on the move

Opposition groups say the $120m cost of construction is money ill-spent in a country suffering from a shattered economy.

February 7, 2010

Boys play at the Just Children Foundation for orphans in Harare. Aids orphans suffer from psychological trauma, a report says.

Zimbabwe's 1.3 million Aids orphans

Zimbabwe has more than 1.3 million children orphaned by Aids and 50,000 households headed by children below the age of 18.

January 25, 2010

Government

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange. While investor sentiment was boosted last week by a partial trade agreement with China and the UK's possible deal with the European Union, signs of an impending recession have not gone away. AFP

Is the world economy really sliding into its first recession since 2009?

Money

The space-related A380 will enter service 'soon', Emirates said.

New Emirates A380 livery celebrates UAE space mission

Travel

Left to right at T20 World Cup Qualifier captains' press conference on Sunday: Ademola Onikoyi of Nigeria, Jersey's Charlie Perchard, Gary Wilson of Ireland, UAE's Ahmed Raza, Navneet Dhaliwal of Canada, Oman's Zeeshan Maqsood, and Aizaz Khan of Hong Kong. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Raza confident he can steer UAE through troubled waters at T20 World Cup Qualifier

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Victoria Beckham, Nadine Labaki and Mo Salah. AFP, Getty Images

Victoria Beckham, Mo Salah and Nadine Labaki spotted in the UAE

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