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Mugabe foe flees to London after 'death threats'

19.05.11
Key opponent of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe forced to flee to London after he receives death threats, the Standard can reveal ... more

Cairn Energy takes the lead role as oils fire up a quiet day

28.03.11
The gods of black gold were smiling on the City today as the oil sector provided three of the day's biggest winners... more

Lions kill tourist in Zimbabwe nature reserve

04.11.10
Lions attacked and killed a tourist while he was showering at a campsite in a nature reserve in Zimbabwe, officials say... more

City Spy: Invesco’s bizarre Zimbabwe punt

20.08.10
Has Invesco's Neil Woodford lost the plot with his decision to take a punt on Zimbabwe?... more

Zimbabwe's £1bn sale of 'blood diamonds'

11.08.10
Zimbabwe sells diamonds worth more than £1 billion mined from an area where soldiers are accused of killing 200 people, raping women and forcing children into hard labour... more

Zimbabwe 'plane crash' only a drill

05.08.10
Zimbabwean airport officials cause alarm by reporting an airline crash but failing to say they were only carrying out a practice exercise... more

Pulsing rhythms from World City Music Village

05.07.10
Kicking off 12 days of free events across London, World City Music Village celebrated the capital’s diversity.... more

Makoto Hasebe: Japan will beat Cameroon

11.06.10
Captain backs Japan to claim a first ever World Cup win on foreign soil... more

Brazil squad receives warm welcome in Zimbabwe

02.06.10
Brazil got a rapturous welcome when they arrived in Harare for a friendly with Zimbabwe... more

Gay workers freed by Zimbabwe court

28.05.10
Two workers from a gay organisation have been freed Zimbabwe after six days in jail over possessing indecent material and a letter seen as insulting to President Robert Mugabe... more

North Koreans get big send off

10.05.10
The North Korean team got a festive send-off as they begin their journey to their first ever World Cup... more

Lucy Bailey: My intrepid lover, two white Africans and Mugabe’s thugs who wanted them all dead

04.02.10
Director Lucy Bailey’s documentary about the epic struggle of two ousted farmers in Zimbabwe has been shortlisted for a Bafta.... more

Hot tickets

11.01.10
A look at the five best films to catch this week... more

Zimbabwe musical hits right note

07.09.09
The first musical to come out of Zimbabwe looks set to become London's next feel-good hit after opening to packed audiences... more

Morgan Tsvangirai to visit Westminster

18.06.09
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is to visit Parliament next week as part of his upcoming trip to the UK... more

At least 200 dead as army moves into illegal mines

27.02.09
A brutal government crackdown on diamond hunters in Zimbabwe involving soldiers and police has led to more than 200 deaths in recent weeks... more

Elderly Britons given help to leave Zimbabwe

18.02.09
Hundreds of Britons are to be offered government assistance to leave Zimbabwe as conditions there deteriorate... more

Cholera cases in Zimbabwe climb to 60,000

30.01.09
More than 60,000 people in Zimbabwe have been infected with cholera as the epidemic continues to spread... more

Zimbabwe emergency 'in the world's top 10 disasters'

22.12.08
Zimbabwe's medical emergency is among this year's top 10 humanitarian crises.... more

Oxfam asks for £4m to ease cholera's grip on Zimbabwe

18.12.08
Seasonal rains in Zimbabwe have increased fears that the country's cholera epidemic could worsen and spreadinto neighbouring countries... more

UK faces surge in refugees fleeing Zimbabwe cholera

12.12.08
A British Red Cross appeal to tackle cholera and chronic food shortages in Zimbabwe was under way amid fears the crisis could prompt people from the country to head for the UK... more

Red alert as cholera crisis spreads to Zimbabwe's neighbours

09.12.08
Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries are on red alert as the cholera epidemic continued its devastating rampage across their borders... more

Zimbabwe begs for cholera aid

04.12.08
Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency after finally admitting that the cholera outbreak which has claimed hundreds of lives in the impoverished country is out of control... more

Now Zimbabwe is in the grip of cholera outbreak

26.11.08
A cholera epidemic could cripple Zimbabwe even further after the collapse of the country's health system, the UN warned... more

Travelling in turbulent times

12.09.08
The collapse of travel company XL Group, the third-largest package operator in the country, is another gloomy indicator of the state of the economy... more

Zimbabwe pull out of World Twenty20

04.07.08
Next summer's Twenty20 World Cup will go ahead in England as planned after Zimbabwe finally agreed to withdraw from the event... more

Oyster firm dropped over Zimbabwe link

02.07.08
The company which makes Oyster cards has had its contract terminated after it was revealed to have links with Zimbabwe... more

England cut ties with Zimbabwe

25.06.08
England officially suspend cricket relations with Zimbabwe and are now in "detailed discussions" to bring another team here early next summer... more

Top cricket bosses set to throwout Zimbabwe

24.06.08
The nightmare prospect of Zimbabwe playing cricket in England next summer receded with the sport's governing body finally agreeing to consider a suspension of relations with a country ever more brutally ruled by Robert Mugabe... more


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