A cooking competition pitting foreign diplomats against each other in Zimbabwe has provided a light-hearted break from international relations marked by trade wars, tariffs and tensions.

African leaders will meet in Zimbabwe on Saturday for a scheduled summit of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community.

Zimbabwe introduced the world's newest currency in April with public rallies and commercial jingles.

Zimbabwe’s president has declared a state of disaster over a devastating El Nino drought sweeping across much of southern Africa.

The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the First Lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses.

Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document.

Zimbabweans are waiting anxiously for the outcome of general elections as dozens of armed police with water cannons guard the national results center, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago.

A general election Wednesday in Zimbabwe is crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a former guerrilla fighter and bodyguard who responded to being fired as vice president by unseating long-ruling autocrat Robert Mugabe in a coup.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.

The mother of a 15-year-old Zimbabwean rape victim has gone to the country's High Court to challenge the early release of the man convicted of attacking her daughter when she was a preteen.

A dusty soccer field in one of Zimbabwe’s oldest Black townships is not really a place where you’d expect to come across the richest boxer of all time.

Opposition party supporters in Zimbabwe have been chanting and singing freedom songs outside a courthouse Sunday following a decision to ban them from holding a rally six weeks before national elections.

A woman in Zimbabwe says she and other women are “tired of oppression” and is challenging a law that bans sex toys and threatens those found in possession of them with jail sentences.

Zimbabwe’s president recently announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23.

A prominent opposition leader and lawmaker in Zimbabwe who has been detained for nearly 10 months was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist.

Once a minority sport played mostly in Zimbabwe's wealthier neighborhoods, pool has increased in popularity over the years, first as a pastime and now as a survival mode for many in a country where employment is hard to come by.

Zimbabwe has loosened restrictions on travel and gatherings with the threat from COVID-19 receding.

Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling government repression similar to the iron-fisted rule of Robert Mugabe, the former president who died in 2019.

Rising prices and a fast depreciating currency have pushed many in Zimbabwe to the brink, reminding people of when the southern African country faced world-record inflation of 5 billion% in 2008.

A compelling art exhibit, “The Stars Are Bright,” has opened at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe of paintings done in the 1940s and 1950s by young Black students at Cyrene Mission School, the first to teach art to Black students in what was then white minority-ruled Rhodesia.

Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency.

Striking nurses and other health workers have brought Zimbabwe’s government hospitals to a near standstill, straining a once vibrant public health system now plagued by a lack of medicines and basic supplies such as gloves.

Rampant inflation is making it increasingly difficult for people in Zimbabwe to make ends meet.

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers.

A teachers’ strike has paralyzed learning at many Zimbabwean schools, which opened this week after a prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Apostolic church is one of Zimbabwe’s most skeptical groups when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.

The economic ravages of COVID-19 are forcing some families in Zimbabwe to abandon the age-old tradition of taking care of their older people.

Zimbabwe is opening COVID-19 vaccinations to those aged 14 and older and is only permitting fully vaccinated people to eat in restaurants, to encourage more people to get shots, as a devastating wave of the disease recedes.

Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls usually teems with tourists who come to marvel at the roaring Zambezi River as it tumbles to the gorge below and sends up a mist that is visible from miles away.

Zimbabwe has received the first batch of dozens of its citizens being deported from Britain, some after staying in that country for decades and forced to leave families behind to face an uncertain future back home.

Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chino'ono, left, speaks to state media during the launch of his documentary, State of Mind, in Harare, in this Oct. 10, 2018 photo. Zimbabwe police on Monday July 20, 2020, swooped in and detained Hopewell Chino'ono, the prominent journalist and opposition leader, ahead of anti-government protests planned for the end of this month, their lawyers said. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)HARARE Zimbabwe police on Monday swooped in and detained a prominent journalist and an opposition leader ahead of anti-government protests planned for the end of this month, their lawyers said. The journalist, Hopewell Chinono, has a huge following on Twitter, where he regularly posts about alleged government corruption. The arrest of Chinono, a Harvard University Nieman Fellow, drew sharp criticism in Zimbabwe and abroad.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - It's been just over two months since Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe died, and almost two years since he was ousted from office, but some Zimbabweans say life is tougher than ever. His protests became popular and caught the attention of the Mugabe regime who detained him for "inciting public violence." Robert Mugabe was the worst." Time and again they have resorted to the same brutal tactics that were used by President Mnangagwa's predecessor Robert Mugabe to clampdown on human rights." "There is a difference between protesting under Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa," Mawarire said, describing what he said are different levels of brutality under the two leaders.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Authorities in Zimbawe are scrambling to meet the water needs of the country's capital Harare after the city's main water treatment plant was shut down on Monday, leaving 1 million people without tap water. Mupamaonde said officials have sought a week's supply of chemicals from Bulawayo, the country's second-biggest city, to resume operation and they hoped to get water running in homes by late Tuesday. "The secured quantities will only last seven days during which period other quantities will be secured. We are currently engaging all stakeholders, including the government to find a lasting solution to the water crisis," Mupamaonde said Tuesday. The Morton Jaffery water plant, which supplies Harare and surrounding towns with water had been struggling to stay in operation since June before it shut down on Monday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe, the founding father of Zimbabwe who ruled the country with an iron fist for more than three decades, has died, according to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. "It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe's founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe," tweeted Mnangagwa on Friday. "Cde Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. He had a strong head start, inheriting a country with a stable economy, solid infrastructure and vast natural resources. As the country was plunged into economic ruin, Mugabe and his wife faced fierce criticism for leading lavish lifestyles.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Tensions between Zimbabwe's main opposition party and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government escalated into violence in the country's capital on Friday after a court ruled against a planned opposition protest. A crowd of opposition members were rounded up and arrested. On Thursday, Mnangagwa called for dialogue and appealed to opposition leaders for a peaceful resolution. "I reiterate my calls to all opposition leaders that my door remains open and my arms remain outstretched. "The food security situation in the country has been compounded by the economic situation.

A woman fetches water from a spring on Aug. 1, 2019, in Harare, Zimbabwe. The nation is facing an acute water shortage after this years drought, compounded by poor water management. Rainfall is down 25 percent from the annual average,(CNN) - More than two million people in Zimbabwe are facing starvation after a severe drought that affected food harvests, the World Food Programme said in a report. Zimbabwe is also facing a crippling economic crisis that has taken a toll on the welfare of its citizens. Zimbabwe declared the drought an emergency in July and government officials told local media millions may go hungry across the country.