Forced displacement hits Mat’land projects: As diaspora lifeline comes under pressure

Mthabisi Tshuma, [email protected] For the past decades, the Zimbabwean diaspora in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini has been more than a workforce. It has been a development engine back…

Ebola deaths surpass 1800 as health workers protest unpaid wages

Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak have gone on strike to demand payment of their wages, as aid workers warn the disease is still…

Strong El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says

GENEVA — A powerful El Niño weather event could push an additional nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurity across ‌some of the world’s most vulnerable regions by the…

Development projects gather pace across Umzingwane

Nothando Zondo, [email protected] On a dry winter morning in Ward 7 of Umzingwane, children at Silobi Secondary School are filing into a science laboratory that, until recently, existed only in…

Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say

DUBAI/RIYADH — A proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end five months of war between Iran and the United States would give ​Tehran control over ships entering the…

From small savings to sustainable livelihoods

Tapson Ndou, [email protected] What began as modest weekly savings contributions in Beitbridge West has grown into a powerful engine for economic empowerment, with hundreds of villagers in Wards 6, 7,…

Red Cross urges international aid as Sudan crisis deepens

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for greater international support for Sudan, saying humanitarian needs are escalating while funding falls far short. “Sudan…

ZPCS opens Mtshabezi River View Resort

Chronicle Correspondent The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has taken another major step toward economic independence with the official opening of the Mtshabezi River View Resort at Gwanda Prison…

Beitbridge West set for digital transformation. . . network booster nears completion

Muvhuso Chibi [email protected] A major telecommunications breakthrough is on the horizon for communities in Beitbridge West Constituency, with the completion of a 60-metre network booster in Shashe that is now…

Gwanda gets US$80 000 boost to brace for El Niño drought

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected] Gwanda District has benefitted from a US$400 000 drought preparedness project being implemented in five districts across the country. The anticipatory action and operational readiness project is…

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