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Zimbabwe’s 2021 bumper harvest is a welcome development but, it’s important to know what’s behind this success and what challenges remain.
A politician argued that the Rhodesian ridgeback was the dog of the ancestors and proposed renaming it the Zimbabwe ridgeback.
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How Harare has dealt with its urban canine citizens over the years following independence reflects the competing visions of a modern city.
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (R) celebrates with teammate Brian Mudzinganyama at the Harare Sports Club in 2020.
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Nine immigrants founded a cricket club in 1934 in Rhodesia. The Sunrise club survives to this day, part of Zimbabwe’s national culture.
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Through stand-up comedy, women in Zimbabwe can resist patriarchal power relations. There are still far fewer female stand-ups in the country but the field keeps on growing.
Zimbabwean stand-up comedian Munya Guramatunhu.
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Despite the challenges of being a female comedian, the women who do choose to perform feel emboldened to speak out in ways that can resist sexism.
The Kariba Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
The U.S. was one of 33 countries to experience election-related violence in 2020 – the worst year for peaceful elections ever.
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Elections are getting less safe in democracies and nondemocracies alike. Last year was the bloodiest year for elections in decades, with 54% of all national votes marred by some kind of violence.
Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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If the new U.S. administration can show that it’s taking action to address widespread grievances, it should be able to move forward from this period of sustained mass protest.
Infrastructure, such as power lines and poles, is of no use if households can’t afford electricity and aren’t connected to the grid.
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Universal energy access can only be achieved if people have the capabilities to use the energy to transform their lives.
Militarised conservation has had unfortunate consequences.
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Forest rangers were subjected to occupational violence by their employers. This in turn can provoke a violent reaction to illegal activities, resulting in violent policing tendencies.
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A story map shows how Harare's young people coped with lockdown in Zimbabwe.
The legal working age in Zimbabwe is 16 but children as young as 10 years are selling goods on the streets.
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The fact that there’s a growing number of child vendors means government interventions for vulnerable children aren’t reaching everyone in need.
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Rural communities are dynamic and complex. Imposing innovations that don’t speak to the needs of these communities will inhibit rural development.
Demonstrators in Zimbabwe chant slogans and wave flags during a rally to denounce EU and US sanctions against the country on October 25, 2019.
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Countries or international organizations regularly enact sanctions against individual states. But how can the effectiveness of these measures be evaluated?
The most effective means of controlling locusts is to prevent the swarms from forming.
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Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions.
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A fully cashless society has often been presented as natural or inevitable. The experiences of Sweden and Zimbabwe highlight some pitfalls.
Zimbabwe Defense Force soldiers during protests against President Robert Mugabe in 2017.
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A forensic archaeologist and former Zimbabwe police officer uses his investigative skills to find the missing and the dead in his homeland.
A group in the secret alleyway after a distribution of reusable masks, hand sanitiser and mealie meal.
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The story map reveals that like any part of society, street youth are both subject to and willing to conform to rules and conventions, in this case for their own and others’ safety.
Zimbabwe’s amended education act seeks to protect, respect and fulfil the right to education for all children.
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Zimbabwe’s Education Amendment Act of 2020 is a step in the right direction, but more still needs to be done.
A younger Dennis Brutus, president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee in Montreal, Canada in 1976.
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That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.