The Latest Breaking News from Zimbabwe

Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement

The UN’s World Food Programme says extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger from Zambia to Afghanistan, calling on donors for much-needed help

Zimbabwe's severe humanitarian crisis due to a 40-year drought affecting 7.6 million people requires urgent assistance to prevent further escalation.

Zimbabwe clamps down on black market trading it blames for devaluing its new ZiG local currency.

In tonight's show: Eye on Africa tours the Hope Hostel in Kigali. It's one of the lodgings prepared by Rwanda to take in migrants deported from Britain, the first of whom could arrive in a few months' time under a controversial policy. Also, black market money traders are rounded up…

Businesses, transport, government services reject old notes despite the unavailability of new bills until end of month.

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa grants clemency to 4,000+ prisoners, including death row inmates, on independence day, aiming to address prison overcrowding a...

Botswana alone is home to a third of the entire African elephant population – more than any other country in the world.

Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency is designed to fight inflation and wean the economy off the US dollar, but it has suffered a chaotic start with shops accepting only US dollars on Tuesday and Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks for hours to access their savings.