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President Jacob Zuma has taken over as the regional mediator in Zimbabwe’s political crisis. His predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, was mistrusted by Zimbabwe’s prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.
Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Old Mutual Plc , the biggest insurer in South Africa, said it’s reviewing its stake in scrap metal recycler New Reclamation Group Ltd. which agreed to mine diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange deposit in a venture with the government.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe could be readmitted to the Commonwealth in two years if its unity government carries out a wide range of reforms, diplomats say.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Living conditions in Zimbabwe for women and children has deteriorated during the last five years, government data and a U.N. report indicated.
US President Barack Obama has given an award to a leading women's rights activist in Zimbabwe, labeling Robert Mugabe a "dictator" in the process.
JOHANNESBURG, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - Workers living on a farm settlement about 35km from Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, bury their dead children secretly because parents cannot afford to get them to a clinic or hospital in time.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Rapaport Group’s RapNet Diamond Trading Network, the world’s biggest, banned its members from dealing in gems from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields because of reports of “severe” human rights violations in the area.
President Barack Obama praised representatives of a women's organization whose members have been beaten by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's police force and face court trials for challenging Zimbabwe's government. He said their grassroots efforts could improve the African country.
New York--The Rapaport Group and the RapNet Diamond Trading Network have implemented an immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabe's Marange diamond fields, due to what the company describes as "severe human rights violations."
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