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Harare (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono were granted bail on Wednesday at their fourth attempt after being detained in July for calling for protests.
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Mazowe, Zimbabwe (AFP) Sept 14, 2012 - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday inaugurated a $98 million Chinese-built military college and claimed the West threatened a military invasion during the country's political woes.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 20, 2011 - Poachers in Zimbabwe have poisoned watering holes in five game reserves, killing elephants whose tusks were removed from their carcasses, the parks authority said on Tuesday.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 - After food, fuel, medicine and electricity, the Zimbabwean capital Harare is adding running water to its list of basics that are in short supply.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - Twelve elephant calves found dead near a famed Zimbabwean game reserve died from a bacterial infection, wildlife authorities said Tuesday.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 13, 2024 - Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, a move that will also allow it to tackle a ballooning population of the animals, the country's wildlife authority said Friday.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 11, 2012 - A group of wildlife ranchers in southeastern Zimbabwe warned Tuesday that land and hunting permit takeovers by politicians from President Robert Mugabe's party were threatening safari hunting tourism.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 - Zimbabwe's wildlife authority on Tuesday defended in an interview with AFP its planned cull of 200 elephants to ease pressure on drought-strained resources after criticism.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday sentenced three poachers to at least 15 years in prison each for poisoning and killing 81 elephants, state radio reported.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 22, 2012 - Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing, the mayor said Saturday.
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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (AFP) Sept 17, 2015 - Prosecutors have withdrawn new smuggling charges against the professional hunter who helped an American dentist kill Zimbabwe's popular lion Cecil, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 8, 2020 - Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday banned all mining in national parks, one day after environmental rights lawyers went to court to bar a Chinese firm from exploring for coal in the country's biggest game reserve.
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Harare (AFP) Sept 10, 2012 - An HIV-positive Zimbabwean man who was denied medication while detained on treason charges last year has launched a legal battle for prisoners to be allowed access to ARVs, his lawyer said Monday.
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 - An accident at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would impact not only Ukraine, but also its neighbours, the Ukrainian nuclear agency warned on Wednesday.
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2023 - Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema in Beijing on Friday, state media reported, as the heavily indebted African nation works to shore up ties with its leading creditor.
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Lusaka (AFP) Sept 17, 2025 - Almost 200 people affected by a major toxic spill at a northern Zambian mine have filed an $80-billion lawsuit against the Chinese firm that owns the mine, according to legal documents seen by AFP Wednesday.
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