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A church leader named Simbarashe Mparira must give money to help raise his two children. He needs to pay one hundred dollars each month. The children's mother, Talent Chigwanha, went to court in Harare. She told the judge that Mparira never helps take care of their children. She works hard...

A lady named Doreen Mandivenga lives in Harare. She promised her niece she would make her money grow bigger. The police think she did something wrong and took money that did not belong to her. The police arrested her on February 12. Doreen will stay with the police until February 17. On that...

The IMF tells us Zimbabwe's money problems are becoming better after the drought caused by El Niño. The bank is making smart choices to keep money stable. Mr Wojciech Maliszewski led a team to Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare. They talked to important people about ways to help the country...

Teachers must keep students away from their houses unless they have a good reason to visit. Schools cannot stop children from learning if their parents have not paid fees. Schools must let children come to class even if they do not have birth certificates. Girls who become pregnant can stay in...

Three important government leaders went to say goodbye to 25 people who died in a terrible crash. A bus and a big truck crashed into each other on the road between Beitbridge and Masvingo last Thursday. Ministers Daniel Garwe, Felix Mhona, and Dr Evelyn Ndlovu visited Beitbridge. They wanted to...

President Mnangagwa thinks Africa needs to spend more of its own money to fight diseases like cholera, pox, and Marburg. He discussed this at a major health meeting yesterday. Zimbabwe wants to help make people healthier. President Mnangagwa said his country would spend more money on doctors...

President Mnangagwa leads the SADC group of African countries. He will join other African leaders at a big meeting today at the African Union, which brings together leaders from all across Africa. South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, invited President Mnangagwa to have breakfast with...

Two buses crashed into each other on the big road between Harare and Masvingo. One bus was carrying students from Glen View 2 High School. The other bus belonged to a company called Mandaza. The accident happened near Beatrice. The police came right away to help. They are looking into what...

The UDA party wants everyone to know something important about who leads Kenya's National Assembly. They say their group, Kenya Kwanza, has more members than any other group. Hassan Omar, an important person in UDA, explained that people were saying wrong things about the High Court's decision...

The Rotary Club of Kibuli-Kampala wants to help people learn about sickle cell disease and mental health problems. Their leader, Julie Kariisa, worked with friends from another Rotary Club called Butabika to make this happen. They started their work at a school called MUBS in Nakawa. They...

The government is building a special water system in Tororo that runs on solar power. This big project will cost eight hundred million shillings and will help four thousand people have clean water every day. Mr. Lam Olweny from the water office wants people to have clean water near their homes...

Donald Trump talked on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They want their teams to meet and discuss peace, and they said they would visit each other's countries. Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked with Trump after that. Zelensky wants to ensure that any peace lasts for a...

DR Congo has stopped letting planes from Rwanda fly through its skies. This means RwandAir planes must take longer routes to reach places like London. One RwandAir flight from Kigali to London had a big problem. The pilot told everyone they couldn't fly over DR Congo anymore. The plane didn't...

The leader of Uganda's army, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, met with the American Ambassador William Popp at an army base in Entebbe. They wanted to be friends again because General Muhoozi had said some mean things about Ambassador Popp before and even wanted him to leave Uganda. During their...

Qatar and Rwanda made a new rule that their people can visit each other's countries without special papers. Both countries signed this friendly agreement when Rwanda's leader, President Kagame, went to Qatar to meet their leader, Sheikh Tamim. People from Rwanda and Qatar can stay in each...

Dr. Muyingo wants university leaders to work together nicely. He spoke at a special meeting at Kyambogo University, where new leaders were starting their jobs. He told them they must help each other and not think about themselves first. He came to speak instead of Janet Museveni, who runs all...

The Uganda Defence Ministry wants more money to buy new planes. They need 381 billion shillings to help Uganda Air Cargo fly better. A person named Kahonda asked for this money because many planes are old and some were damaged when birds hit them. Some government officials think the army should...

Uganda and a big African trade group called AfCFTA met to talk about making money grow in Uganda. This trade group helps African countries buy and sell things with each other more easily. The AfCFTA team came to Uganda to check how well their plans from last year are working. These plans were...

Schools in Malawi told students they must leave if they receive money from America. This happened because the American president, Donald Trump, stopped sending money to other countries for three months. Many students in Malawi need this American money to attend big schools, which teach...

The schools in Uganda tested their students in a new way this year. Some students took the old test for the last time, and others took a brand new test that helped them learn better things. Many young people took these tests. There were more girls than boys who wrote the tests. The person in...