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Major investors plan to buy new shares in OK Zimbabwe, CEO Willard Zireva told Reuters on Wednesday. The retail group needs money after announcing a financial rescue plan earlier this month. The company wants to issue new stock, place private shares with investors, and create debt tools to fix...

Zimbabwe Rugby officials suspended Losson Mtongwiza from his role as president. The board also removed Regina Mwanandiwa, who headed the women's rugby committee. Both leaders faced accusations about how they treated female players at last month's Rugby Women Africa Division Cup tournament in...

American Robert Francis Prevost became the 267th pope today. The Chicago native will soon appear at St Peter's Basilica as the head of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide. Prevost chose the name Leo XIV for his papacy. The 69-year-old brings worldwide experience after serving as a missionary across...

Mozambique just teamed up with Zambia and Zimbabwe through new energy agreements. Officials signed these deals at a mining conference in Maputo to help everyone in Southern Africa. Mozambique will build a gas pipeline from Beira city to Ndola in Zambia that can move 3.5 million tons of fuel each...

Caps United named Ian Bakala their head coach on Thursday. The 45-year-old reportedly agreed to a three-year contract with the Zimbabwean soccer club. Fans see his rise as record-breaking since officials just appointed him assistant coach on Monday before promoting him to the top job. Bakala...

Far-left South African leader Julius Malema says UK officials denied him a visa to speak at Cambridge University. He received a rejection letter at Johannesburg airport as he prepared to fly to London. The Economic Freedom Fighters party head claims authorities tried to silence his political...

Black smoke rose from the Vatican chimney Wednesday as cardinals failed to choose a new pope on their first try. The 133 church leaders came from 70 countries to pick someone who will lead Catholics worldwide. They locked themselves away without phones, starting a process steeped in centuries of...

A Kenyan court slapped four men with $7,700 fines each for trying to smuggle thousands of giant African harvester queen ants out of the country. Two Belgian teens, a Vietnamese man, and a Kenyan national faced arrest on April 5 after authorities caught them with about 5,440 queen ants. These...

Zimbabwe lawmakers called for tougher laws against skin-lightening products during a recent parliament debate. They want stronger rules to stop these creams from entering the country. Many MPs pushed for harsh penalties on vendors who sell these items. Midlands MP Perseviarance Zhou asked...

A bus crash killed five people near Gweru early Wednesday morning. The Hungwe bus flipped over at a traffic circle close to Fairmile Hotel as it traveled from Botswana toward Harare. Police said the driver lost control trying to go through the roundabout. No other vehicles crashed into the bus...

Foreign diplomats in Zimbabwe cooked local meals instead of making trade deals last month. For the yearly contest, they competed to make chicken with rice in peanut butter sauce. People voted online after seeing photos of their food. Dutch leader Margret Verwijk won first place against France...

Zimbabwe hired Gary Ballance as a coach for their Test match against England. The teams meet at Trent Bridge from May 22 to 25, marking Zimbabwe's first Test in England since 2003. Ballance knows English cricket very well from his years playing there. The 35-year-old played for both England and...

A Tanzanian court says opposition leader Tundu Lissu must appear in person next month. Lissu started a hunger strike because he refused virtual hearings for his treason case. Police arrested him on April 9 after he asked for election rule changes before the October voting. His party members...

Loud booms shook many parts of Pakistan on Wednesday as India attacked what it called terrorist sites. The lights went out in Muzaffarabad after these blasts happened. India said they ran Operation Sindoor against nine places where they claim terrorists plan attacks. They said they picked...

Health leaders fired back at Youth Minister Machakaire, who talked about hospital problems. The ministry claims people attack their work unfairly without seeing the progress made over recent years. Machakaire visited his sick family member and felt upset about what he saw inside the public...

A Zimbabwe minister felt shocked after seeing poor hospital conditions where his relative stayed. Youth leader Tinoda Machakaire asked President Mnangagwa to visit health centers himself. He wrote online that people face real problems with medical care. He said public complaints about hospitals...

Grimlore Games pushed Titan Quest II's early access to Summer 2025. The team wanted more time after seeing player feedback from recent tests. Most players loved the demo, with 92% giving good marks. Fans especially liked how it kept the old game feel but added new systems. Many enjoyed fighting...

Intel might find its breakthrough moment with its new 18A chip-making system. Big tech names like NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Google want to make computer chips this way. Intel showed off the 18A at its recent event as the most advanced process made in America. Their system rivals what TSMC offers...

Valve stopped a team from releasing their Counter-Strike mod after eight years of work. The Classic Offensive team first received approval in 2017, but Valve changed its mind earlier this year. The creators tried asking why Valve rejected them from Steam, but received no answers. Valve sent...

Digital Foundry researchers found that mods claiming to fix stutters in Oblivion Remastered do almost nothing. The team tested the Oblivion BSA Uncompressor, which many players hoped would smooth gameplay. This mod requires users to change files themselves, and their tests showed less than 2%...