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Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe imported less electricity after supplies were boosted by a new 300-megawatt generator completed in March by a Chinese firm at the country’s largest power plant. Zimbabwe imported a total of 2,303.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2022, and 863.4 GWh in the first …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out on Thursday the agenda for his second term in office following re-election last month. During a high-level government retreat, Mnangagwa said the new government will accelerate people-centered development to achieve Zimbabwe’s “Vision 2030,” which seeks to propel the southern African country …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be sworn in on Monday for his second term in office, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced Saturday evening. The inauguration ceremony will be held at the 60,000-seater National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Mutsvangwa …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) and other regional bodies on the continent on Friday commended Zimbabwe for holding a peaceful election. In separate preliminary statements following this week’s general elections, observer missions from the AU, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday concluded his election campaigning trail in his home province of Midlands, urging voters to retain his party in power for the country to achieve its vision of becoming a middle-income economy by 2030. Clad in his trademark ZANU-PF party regalia, Mnangagwa …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe has applied to join the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. The country has submitted a request to join the NDB and expects to have the support of Russia, Mnangagwa was quoted as saying by the state-run Herald newspaper on Friday. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also leader of the ruling ZANU PF party, on Saturday launched his party’s election campaign in preparation for the Aug. 23 elections. Mnangagwa, who came to power in 2017, is seeking a second five-year term as president. Addressing thousands of supporters …

Blantyre, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made an appeal to African leaders to promptly confront the string of climate change-related calamities that continue to afflict the region by, among other ways, embracing relocation strategy. The Zimbabwean leader, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, made …

Zimbabwe is taking advantage of a technology used in South Africa and China, to develop ammonium-based fertilizers from coal SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity. “We …

Locally known as ‘Hambas’, solar-powered three-wheelers, whose batteries last up to 100 kilometres on a single charge, are saving rural Zimbabwe dwellers hours of walking and chores. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Small-scale dairy farmer Matius Khumbula has a new joy in his daily routine. The 70-year-old who hails …