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Constantino Chiwenga takes the oath of office in Harare

Army chief who deposed Mugabe becomes vice president

Zimbabwe's former army commander who led a military takeover that helped end Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule has been sworn in as one of the country's two vice presidents.

World • 28 Dec 17

New Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa puts top military officials in cabinet posts

Zimbabwe's new president has named his first cabinet appointing two senior military officers to key portfolios and dropping close allies of Robert Mugabe who resigned after the armed forces took control of the country.

World • 01 Dec 17

Emmerson Mnangagwa arriving with this wife Auxilia at the National Sport Stadium in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa sworn in as president

Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as the country's president, bringing the final curtain down on the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe.

World • 24 Nov 17

Emmerson Mnangagwa is due to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's president this Friday

'People have spoken' according to Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe's former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa has told a cheering crowd in Harare that the country was entering a new stage of democracy.

World • 22 Nov 17

Robert Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1970s during Zimbabwe's struggle against British colonial rule

'This Hitler has only one objective' - Mugabe in quotes

Robert Mugabe, who has resigned after 37 years in power in Zimbabwe, has a long history of making controversial remarks. Here's a selection.

News Lens • 21 Nov 17

People celebrate in Harare after Robert Mugabe announced his resignation as Zimbabwe's President

Robert Mugabe resigns as President of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe resigned as the country's president in a letter submitted to parliament, Speaker Jacob Mudenda has said.

Zimbabwe • 21 Nov 17

A child at a protest against Robert Mugabe's continued rule

Political turmoil in Zimbabwe: What we know

Zimbabwe is locked in one of its worst political crises since independence with long-term leader Robert Mugabe refusing to resign despite a military takeover. Here's how key eve

News Lens • 20 Nov 17

Robert Mugabe is being blamed for the 'unprecedented economic tailspin' in Zimbabwe for the last 15 years

Zimbabwe's Mugabe in contact with ousted vice president

Zimbabwe's top general has said that talks were planned between President Robert Mugabe and former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

World • 20 Nov 17

Mr Mugabe did not address calls for his resignation in his speech this evening

Mugabe says events this week not a threat to authority

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has defied expectations he would resign, pledging to preside over a ZANU-PF party congress next month even though the ruling party has removed him as its leader.

World • 19 Nov 17

People react to a military helicopter overhead as they make their way towards Robert Mugabe's residence

Mugabe set to be dismissed as party leader tomorrow

Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party is to hold a special central committee meeting tomorrow morning to dismiss President Robert Mugabe as its leader, two ZANU-PF sources have said.

World • 18 Nov 17

Robert Mugabe attended a university graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare, in his first public appearance since the military seizure of power

Regional branches of Mugabe's party call for him to go

Eight of the 10 regional branches of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party called for him to resign today, state TV reported.

World • 17 Nov 17

File photo of tourists on safari in Zambia

US to lift ban on hunt imports from 2 African countries

Conservation groups have decried US President Donald Trump's decision this week to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African countries to bring home the endangered animals' tusks or other body parts as trophies.

US • 16 Nov 17

Robert Mugabe, who has has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980, meets Army chief Constantino Chiwenga

Mugabe resists pressure to quit as he meets army chief

President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe's only legitimate ruler and is refusing to quit after a military coup.

World • 17 Nov 17

Armoured vehicles are patrolling in Harare

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe 'under house arrest'

Zimbabwe's military has seized power saying it was holding President Robert Mugabe and his family safe while targeting "criminals" in the entourage of the only ruler the country has known in its 37 years of independence.

News • 15 Nov 17

Army chief Constantino Chiwenga (R) has openly threatened to intervene in Zimbabwe's politics

Soldiers take over Zimbabwe state broadcaster - reports

Soldiers took over the headquarters of Zimbabwe's ZBC state broadcaster, two members of staff and a human rights worker said, compounding speculation of a coup against 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe.

World • 14 Nov 17

Robert Mugabe was praised for his efforts on healthcare, much to the dismay of rights groups

WHO chief 'rethinking approach' after Mugabe uproar

The head of the World Health Organisation has said he was "rethinking the approach" as outrage widened over his decision to name Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador.

World • 21 Oct 17

Grace Mugabe is accused of assaulting a model in a Johannesburg hotel

South Africa 'to grant Mugabe diplomatic immunity'

South Africa is reportedly planning to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe, allowing her to avoid prosecution for an alleged assault on a 20-year-old woman.

World • 18 Aug 17

A Zimbabwean official yesterday said Grace Mugabe had returned to the country

Grace Mugabe seeks immunity after alleged assault

South African police have said Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe remains in the country and has applied for diplomatic immunity after being accused of assaulting a 20-year-old model in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel.

World • 16 Aug 17

Grace Mugabe was in Johannesburg on a private visit

Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe after assault accusation

Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe has returned to her homeland from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to South African police to face charges of assaulting a woman in Johannesburg.

World • 15 Aug 17

Fr Paschal Slevin is being honoured for his work with the people of Zimbabwe

Irish friar honoured for work in Zimbabwe

An Irish Franciscan friar is being posthumously awarded the highest honour the Zimbabwean government can bestow on a foreigner.

World • 16 Aug 17

The Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act was passed in 2008 under President Mugabe's black empowerment drive but implementation has been slow

Foreign firms in Zimbabwe must sell majority share

Zimbabwe has given foreign businesses until 1 April to comply with controversial equity laws that compel them to cede majority stakes to locals or risk closure.

Business • 23 Mar 16

International outcry over death of Cecil the lion

Three US airlines ban trophy hunter shipments

Three US airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.

News • 04 Aug 15

Jericho was photographed by the WildCRU research team (Pic: WildCRU)

Jericho the lion 'alive and well'

Jericho the lion, who it had been claimed was shot dead yesterday by poachers at a park in Zimbabwe, is "alive and well", conservationists have confirmed.

News • 02 Aug 15

Cecil was killed by US hunter Walter James Palmer on 1 July

Zimbabwe court charges local man over lion killing

A Zimbabwean court has charged a professional hunter with failing to prevent an American from unlawfully killing 'Cecil', the southern African country's best-known lion, in a case that has triggered widespread revulsion at trophy hunting.

News • 29 Jul 15

Walter Palmer reportedly paid $50,000 to kill Cecil, who was one of the oldest and most famous lions in Zimbabwe

Backlash against dentist who killed Cecil the lion

A US dentist who shot dead a famous lion with a crossbow before skinning and beheading the creature has been slated for his actions.

News • 29 Jul 15