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Zimbabwe's Grade 7 pass rate dropped to 48.49 percent from last year's 49.01 percent, and Zimsec chairman Paul Mapfumo said nearly 395,000 kids wrote exams this cycle. The country hasn't cracked 50 percent since way back when the 2018 group managed 52.08 percent, and things bottomed out during...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Trading wants to pump more investment into Zimbabwe by bringing fuel and gas at competitive rates. The UAE firm's CEO, Ahmad Bin Thalith, met with President Mnangagwa and said they're already supplying diesel and gasoline under a contract that kicked off months...

Zimbabwe's diamond industry is getting wrecked by lab-grown stones and weak global pricing, according to Minerals Marketing Corporation head Nomusa Moyo. The country's lithium sector is also taking hits from depressed international markets. Mimosa Mining Company paused platinum exports for...

Parliamentary auditors busted village chiefs across the country charging illegal fees between two grand and five thousand dalasis for land transfers that should be free. The alkalolu also skims up to five percent off property sales, even though local government rules ban them from collecting any...

Lawmakers just dropped a report showing Gambian hospitals stuff up to four newborns into a single incubator when things get busy. The neonatal unit runs with just 15 machines total, plus one radiant warmer, which forces moms to literally hold sick babies in their laps while waiting for equipment...

Health officials dropped warnings about antibiotic resistance turning into a legit crisis that kills more people than HIV and malaria combined across Africa. The Ministry of Health teamed up with UN groups at a warehouse in Kotu to explain how overusing meds creates super bacteria that spreads...

Some guy got busted inside a mosque after allegedly trying to jack an electronic device during morning prayers. A witness spotted the broken ceiling and missing door glass that pointed to forced entry, and a crowd already had the suspect cornered by the time authorities showed up at the Brikama...

Court officials slapped an elderly businessman with fraud charges after he allegedly pulled over three million dalasis from accounts that were not his. The dude pleaded innocent when magistrates read out accusations claiming he yanked cash from an Eco Bank account tied to JBM Financial Services...

Valve pulled a free solitaire game from its Russian storefront after the government complained about pride-themed card decks, while Apple and Google straight up ignored the same takedown request. The studio behind Flick Solitaire says their game runs in over 40 countries that criminalize LGBTQ...

Team Cherry already started grinding away at DLC content for Silksong after shipping one of the biggest indie releases ever that grabbed five Game Awards nods. The devs told Bloomberg they shelved stuff like Steel Assassin Sharpe and the Village of Lions during initial development because...

Digital Extremes just dropped their roadmap for the next Warframe expansion that brings roguelite tower runs and timed objective modes alongside artifact weapons tied to Focus School abilities. The Descendia thing lets players grind through randomized floors with weekly resets, while Perita...

Apple might dodge price hikes on its flagship phones despite memory shortages wrecking everyone else, because they build most chips in-house instead of buying from vendors. The company already bumped pricing on previous models, but switching to custom silicon for modems, processors, and wireless...

Fatshark dropped details about their next paid class for the Warhammer 40K shooter that brings gang members from the underhive into your squad for twelve bucks. The Hive Scum crew runs dual pistols and knives with a custom progression system called the Stimm Lab, where you build personalized...

LinusTechTips threw together a build matching Valve's upcoming box and landed around $602 using historical low prices for parts like an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Radeon RX 6600. Building that same rig right this second would run closer to $900 because memory shortages are wrecking component costs...

The Minecraft competitor just got yanked back from the dead after Riot killed it off earlier this year and shut down the entire studio. Original creator Simon Collins-Laflamme bought back the rights and plans to drop an early-access version next month with a skeleton crew running off a...

Capcom's mobile spinoff just hit two million downloads across both major app stores after barely ten days on the market, which seems pretty solid for a real-time strategy game set in the zombie universe. The title topped free download charts across multiple regions right after launch, and the...

Some analyst thinks Apple might tap Intel's 18A-P manufacturing process for entry-level MacBook and iPad chips after early testing apparently went better than expected. Ming-Chi Kuo claims the tech giant grabbed advanced development kits that lined up with internal benchmarks, and they're...

Some dude ditched their iPhone Air for a three-generation-old 14 Pro Max and walked away with $500 cash while feeling zero regrets about the swap. The person posted on Reddit about how their older device runs smoother than expected, handles 18-plus hours without charging, and delivers better...

Remedy just filed a trademark for something called Control Resonant through their usual legal crew, and people think this might be the sequel getting announced at The Game Awards next month. The filing dropped super late to dodge early leaks, which tracks with how studios usually handle big...

Bungie devs admitted their live-service shooter tanked hard after wrapping up its decade-long storyline, and the follow-up expansion Edge of Fate completely failed to drag players back. Game director Tyson Green told IGN that chasing power-level systems instead of meaningful loot turned out to...