Harare's quiet was burst today, but there was no loud bang. It was a bit like a flat party balloon finally finding the flame of a candle.
nice to hear it from someone who's THERE.
Esther (not her real name), 28, a professional living and working in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is writing a regular diary on the challenges of leading a normal life.
The Zimbabwean government has accused the UK of plotting an invasion and considering assassinations of the country's political leadership. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Harare remained ready to defend itself against the "sinister threats".
Zimbabwe s week-long agricultural showcase kicks off Monday, despite the country s collapsing farm industry and worsening food shortages.
Taps in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, are running dry even though the city's main supply dams are more than 60 percent full, according to figures from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA).
ROBERT MUGABE's local supermarket is unlike any other shop in Zimbabwe. Elsewhere there are empty shelves where bread, butter, sugar, meat and the staple maize meal should be.
Zimbabwe's opposition was in shock today after one of President Mugabe's most outspoken opponents, Archbishop Pius Ncube, was pictured by state media apparently naked and with a woman.
Basic commodities had all but disappeared from some shop shelves in Zimbabwe Wednesday, a day after the authorities ordered a drastic 50 percent price slash.
Keith Charumbira had just stepped off a minivan taxi in southwest Harare three weeks ago, fresh from a Friday evening gathering of civic advocates in Zimbabwe's capital city, when he saw the knot of policemen walking toward him.
Trucks of riot police drove through Zimbabwe's capital and military helicopters flew overhead Tuesday on the first day of a national strike to protest deepening economic hardships blamed on the government of President Robert Mugabe.Soldiers armed with automatic rifles stood at in …
JOHANNESBURG, March 28 — Hundreds of Zimbabwean political and civic advocates have been abducted and severely beaten in recent days by unidentified assailants, government critics said Wednesday, in dead-of-night assaults that appear to be part of a new government campaign to sm …
Police officers throughout Zimbabwe have now been authorised to use firearms against civilians whenever violence erupts on the streets. They have been told that if they shoot a civilian dead they will not face a murder charge.
Pressure Builds In & On Zimbabwe As Violence Continues The Sakubva Police Station in Mutare is reported to have been attacked by "suspected MDC youths", and the Zimbabwe government continues to report that the MDC is falling apart.
President Robert Mugabe began a new onslaught on Zimbabwe's poor yesterday when his regime announced that more than 10,000 street children and vagrants had been "rounded up" in Harare.
Inflation in Zimbabwe is so high that the most valuable note of currency, a $50,000 bill, can't even buy a newspaper The highest denomination was previously the Zim $1,000 note... An average Zimbabwean family now needs Zim $16.6 million (US $166) a month to survive.