Zimbabwe

HERBERT USHEWOKUNZE

The former minister of energy, water and development, who was removed from his post last year following violent criticism of [...]

FRESH WORLD BANK PROJECTS

The World Bank has added four new projects to its list of financing planned: two for Mozambique, one for Uganda [...]

The head of state, Robert Mugabe, is coming in for [...]

FRICTION ON INTERCONNECTIONS

Two possible solutions have emerged for the rehabilitation of the high voltage line from the Cabora Bassa dam to South [...]

BISHOPS FEAR ISLAMISM

Roman Catholic bishops from southern Africa have drafted a document for a conference of Roman Catholic leaders from all of [...]

LYNDA CHALKER

Britain's overseas development minister was this week touring southern Africa: [...]

LOW GROWTH IN 1993

After the severe economic recession (-8 percent) last year which was mainly due to drought, 1993 looks like having low [...]

REGIONAL EARTH SCIENCES PROJECT

The European Development Fund (EDF) has approved a 4.95 million Ecu ($5.8 million) grant for the Eastern & Southern African [...]

TRANSFORMER FACTORY PLANNED

The African Project Development Facility (APDF), a joint agency of [...]

PIERRE MAUROY

The former French prime minister and current chairman of the [...]

A FIFTEEN-NATION COMMON MARKET

The November 5 meeting - and twelfth summit - of the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) in Kampala saw COMESA, the [...]

Forthcoming meetings of the World Bank consultative groups, to be [...]

A delegation of a dozen businessmen from Taiwan, headed by [...]

EIB LOAN CONFIRMED FOR INTERCONNECTION

The European Investment Bank signed a contract with the Zimbabwe [...]

JAMES RAWLINGS

The former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe and chairman of the US side of Zimbabwe / United States Business Council [...]

HARARE REUNION FOR EIB

European Investment Bank (EIB) made a massive descent in Harare on November 7 for a four-day working visit, arriving with [...]

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US TRADE PROPOSALS

The US administration of president Bill Clinton has taken a series of initiatives to revitalise US trade in Africa by targetting certain markets. The Republic of South Africa and, by extension, southern Africa will be the hard core of this [.

ZESA TO INVEST $1.5 BILLION

The Zimbabwe Electric Supply Authority (ZESA) plans to invest Z$10 billion (over $1.5 billion) in the next six years to [...]

BERNARD CHIDZERO

Zimbabwe's finance minister, who is 66, was hospitalised for several [...]