Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe dictator celebrates 88th birthday by shrugging off more rumours about poor health.

Mass 'possession' leads to fits among girl pupils as education officials demand premises are 'cleansed'.

Human rights groups file case at the South African high court alleging Zimbabwean officials complicit in torture.

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The 200th anniversary of the birth one of Britain's greatest writers will be marked around the world.

Crumbling sanitation and water infrastructure blamed for sharp spike in typhoid as 50 new cases a day reported.

Artist Akili Blaq marks centenary of South Africa's African National Congress with Dollar a Day album that showcases huge variety of music.

Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries.

The girl plunged into the river after her cord snapped.

Record number of large scale ivory seizures in 2011 makes it the “worst year ever” for African wildlife.

Zimbabwean MP Lillian Kirenyi has been arrested for allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe gay.

Ageing Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe is apparently still a trendy leader after the launch of his fashion label in Harare is proving to be a hit with young voters.

Up to 600 workers at the Chinese diamond mining company Anjin Investments have gone on strike to demand higher wages and improved working conditions.

With the US hit by the global economic crisis and the Eurozone still fighting to save the common currency, Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank Governor has decided to turn to the East and considers using the Chinese Yuan as the country's main currency.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he has separated his wife of 12 days, citing a "greater and thicker plot" by state agents and the media which deeply damaged their relationship.

The restaurant chain Nando's has drawn the ire of a militant group over its latest advert.

Zimbabwe's President Rober Mugabe is stepping-up his anti-western rhetoric ahead of the elections, calling the Prime Minister "Satanic" for threatening to withhold aid from countries that do not respect gay rights.

A student whose sexual assault complaint is believed to have prompted the suicide of former cricketer Peter Roebuck told yesterday how he was "groomed online."

A man who confessed to murdering Ugandan gay activist David Kato has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Zimbabwean dictator, President Robert Mugabe has moved from politics to show business after reinventing himself as a popstar.

ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of bringing South Africa's ruling party into disrepute.

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Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, was crowned the 61st Miss World in a glittering ceremony at the Earls Court Two in London on Sunday night. Miss Philippines, Gwendoline Ruais, was named the runner-up, while Miss Puerto Rico, Amanda Perez, came third in the contest.

A Zimbabwean man has told a court that he hired a prostitute who transformed into a donkey during the night and that he is now "seriously in love" with the animal.

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a long-time opponent of Mugabe's Zanu-PF has changed his stance on gay rights, saying he now wants them enshrined in the new soon-to be constitution.

Justice may still come to bear for the former 'King of Kings' .

Human skulls taken from Namibia by Germany during the colonial period have finally been returned after more than 100 years, but now historians and activists demand that Germany pay reparations for the slaughter of more than 60,000 people.

Researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that women who are in command at home are likely to have less sex.

With revelations that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that may kill him within two years, the race for succession in Zimbabwe is set to get even more heated.

Zimbabwean police have launched an investigation to uncover the cause of the fire that killed one of Zimbabwe's most powerful men, retired General Solomon Mujuru on Tuesday.