Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $ 3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, taking another step further to resolve one of the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era. But the southern African nation does not have …
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $ 3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, taking another step closer to solving one of the most divisive policies of the era of Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa …
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party threatened the expulsion of the United States ambassador, amid an intensification of repression against opposition and union activists ahead of anti-corruption protests planned on Friday. Zanu-PF officials called Ambassador Brian Nichols “a bully” who fomented the unrest by funding the protest organizers. The accusation came when the …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating hundreds of unexplained elephant deaths in one of Africa’s top tourist destinations. A dead elephant is seen in this undated brochure image in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, May-June 2020. PHOTOS OBTAINED BY REUTERS / Brochure via REUTERS Botswana is home to a third of …
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