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Zimbabwe early this month announced the introduction of a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, after several years under the multi-currency system, demonstrating the latest effort to combat debilitating inflation. ZiG for short, the new structured currency is the nation’s latest departure from the Zimbabwe dollar, which by the introduction of ZiG was in its fifth series. The announcement of the...

Iran is seeking to build on ties with Zimbabwe in order to ‘nullify sanctions’ currently placed on both nations. The comments came during a high-level meeting between Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Kyelem de Tambela, on April 28th, following the closing of the Second...

What You Need to Know: Twelve Zimbabwean men have appeared in a Botswana court today to face charges of human trafficking and entering the country illegally.  The court alleges eleven of the twelve men illegally entered Botswana through Ramokgwebana village on the 29th of March. According to documents shown to the court, the twelfth man, Khaya Ngwenya, entered the country legally,...

Two men suspected of poaching were killed after exchanging gunfire with Zimbabwean Rangers, close to the Kazungula border guard post in Matabeleland North province on Tuesday, March 19th. Three additional suspects were arrested, with one managing to escape, according to a report by a spokesperson from Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Authorities recovered around fifteen elephant tusks along with a...

On March 17, ENCA reported that Zimbabwean police had arrested the leader of a religious cult and freed 251 children in the region of Harare.  The children were being used as forced labor on the cult's farmland. The leader of the cult is Ishmael Chokurongerwa, who goes by Prophet Ishmael.  Most of the 251 children did not have birth certificates. 16...