Zimbabwe
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Many Zimbabweans fear a continuation of the Mugabe dynasty, especially in the form of the president’s scandal-prone wife
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Rugare Gumbo, expelled from ruling Zanu-PF after opposing Mugabe’s plan for life presidency and for his wife to be deputy, attacks ‘dictatorship and tyranny’
• Another Mugabe as next president? Don’t rule it out
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Police and officials blamed for crush after only one exit opened for 30,000 people at Walter Magaya prayer meeting in Kwekwe
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Community monitors in Zimbabwe have been trained by NGO PhotoVoice to provide information on sanitation in their areas
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An auction of work from up-and-coming artists from the continent and diaspora is being run online in December. Here are some of our favourites:
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An uprising brought Blaise Compaoré's 27-year rule of Burkina Faso to an end last month, but his lengthy term in power was not unusual for the continent's leaders. Test your knowledge of those who have held top office the longest
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Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais is facing nine separate trials in Angola for his reporting on human rights abuses and corruption. He delivers a tribute to slain colleagues and a plea for press freedom
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First lady stokes party rivalries by fuelling rumours that she hopes to succeed her husband, Robert Mugabe
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Student union says bid to prevent students kissing in public is part of wider repression
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Grace Mugabe warns rival Joice Mujuru faces expulsion from ruling party as battle to succeed 90-year-old president intensifies
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29 September - 3 October: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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Power from streams and small rivers has been proven to provide sustainable energy in Peru and Nepal - Zimbabwe is next, writes Lucy Stevens
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After Emma Watson's UN Women speech, 12 experts offer practical advice on making feminism everyone's cause
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Draft law condemned for making same-sex relations punishable by 20-year sentence, though abolition of death penalty is praised
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The first lady of Zimbabwe is not known for her academic prowess yet she has just been awarded a doctorate from the University of Zimbabwe. What more do we know of the woman opponents call ‘DisGrace’?
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Respected BBC current affairs journalist, he interviewed Idi Amin, talked to Irish terrorists, reported from Zimbabwe and covered the conflict in Beirut
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Speculation is growing that President Robert Mugabe may be grooming his 49-year-old wife for leadership
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Letters: There would have been a time when one in three children without a book in the house would have demanded an enquiry into deprivation
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Books from collection owned by celebrated author, who died last year, to go to country where she lived for quarter of century
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Zimbabwe's leader in political love-in with Xi Jinping after reports accuse him of selling out his country
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Sustainable business blog Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless and the making of Africa’s first cashless society
Strive Masiyiwa, founder of the pan-African telecommunications company, talks to Anna Leach about extending finance to the unbanked
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We took over the reins of the Guardiannews Instagram account this week. A mixture of first-hand reporting, pictures from the web and the best from the continent’s Instagrammers
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At summit in Washington, US president and top officials hail investment opportunities despite tangled relations and crises
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Constitutional court rules that act violates rights
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Swedish filmmaker taps into the primary violence of the coloniser rather than the colonised, says Bhakti Shringarpure
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The star talks to Kathryn Bromwich about her new film – Half of a Yellow Sun – Beyoncé's influence on girls, and the value of education
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A rare success for the country's healthcare system, the state of which Robert Mugabe blames on international sanctions
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30 June -4 July: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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After Iraq, intervention is seen as inherently bad. But let's not forget the cost of failing to act in Rwanda, says Blessing-Miles Tendi
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Seven international web providers lodge formal complaint to court alleging breach of privacy and breaking into their networks
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The internet has made it easier for anyone who wants an erotic gadget to bypass the law and governments should give up trying to stop them, says Kagure Mugo
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Controversial millionaire plans to join forces with state to sack board of Zimbabwe's Hwange Colliery Company, says report
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UN Women's executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has outlined her vision of the role of women in Africa over the next 50 years. Feminist blogger Minna Salami picks out the key points
Another Mugabe as the next president of Zimbabwe? Don’t rule it out