Zimbabwe moves up Africa’s largest economy rankings at $65.9 billion, but heavy US dollar reliance has not helped it match Tanzania’s growth

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Lessons from the old 1980s resettlement areas in Zimbabwe forty years on

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Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe gushes at ‘magnificent’ Zimbabwe

Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe gushes at ‘magnificent’ Zimbabwe

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Mnangagwa grants firearms amnesty as police warn of nationwide crackdown

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‘This is not the first time in this dispute that his lordship has attributed submissions to me that I never made’...
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