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Global News Blog Why Zimbabwe's President Mugabe was named UN 'tourism envoy'
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe, who signed an agreement to co-host a UN tourism conference, now has an honorary position as envoy, despite a long record of human rights abuses.
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Africa Monitor Oh snap! Bungee jumper plunges into Zambezi River at Victoria Falls
The Australian survived, but tourists who assume that extreme venues in Africa are safe may be fooling themselves.
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Zambia gets its first white vice president since independence in 1964
The decision by Zambian President Michael Sata to appoint a white Zambian politician, Guy Scott, sends reassuring signals to Zambians that their country has moved beyond post-colonial anger.
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Zimbabwe expels Libyan ambassador after switch of allegiance to rebels
Libya's fallen leader Muammar Qaddafi still has friends in the Zimbabwe government of President Robert Mugabe, who shares ideological and financial ties with Libya's former leader.
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Zimbabwe police arrest, then release, top leaders
Police arrested Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry and Commerce Welshman Ncube and at least 20 other senior members of the smallest of the three parties within the ruling coalition Sunday. They were released hours later.
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Africa needs a brown (not green) food revolution
Africa's long-term food security will come from nurturing the soil, not manipulating expensive seeds.
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Zimbabwe's 100-day plan to lift economic embargo, court donors
The government says it will ease media ban as part of an effort to reengage with the West. But the US and Europe are dubious.
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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
A McCall Smith-like romance set in Kenya's expat community.
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Take half a loaf in Zimbabwe
Despite violence, the opposition should agree to a presidential runoff election.
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Igauzú Falls – a roar to remember
Its 275 waterfalls – spanning the Argentina-Brazil border – create a raging rush as water plummets more than 200 feet off cliffs.
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