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Southern Africa
Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa
USA TODAY
BEIRA, Mozambique – A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged Thursday as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe, threatening riverside populations. The confirmed
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe | Ncube wins foreign fans
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The economy is crashing at home, with worse in the pipeline, but the Finance Minister’s plans are winning support overseas
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Southern Africa
Toll from cyclone-hit southern Africa surges as UN launches health aid
24matins.uk - 24matins.uk with AFP
The death toll from a cyclone that ravaged three southern African countries last week headed Thursday towards 400, as officials estimated that more …
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Opinion
Palestinian Lives Don’t Matter*
The New York Times - By BRET STEPHENS
The people of the Gaza Strip are protesting again, and soldiers are shooting again, and civilians are being victimized again. Only this time you may have missed the story, because these protests barely
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Cyclone Idai brings devastation to Mozambique – visual guide
The Guardian - Paul Torpey, Paul Scruton, Pablo Gutiérrez, Niko Kommenda and Cath Levett
The storm’s deadly path Idai first hit Mozambique on 4 March as a tropical depression with torrential rain that also affected southern Malawi. It then changed course, moving back over the sea where the
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How the world's longest-serving leaders keep power, and hand it over
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The only president Kazakhstan has known since independence is stepping aside, though not really down. Nursultan Nazarbayev carved out a powerful …
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Southern Africa
Rescue Efforts In Zimbabwe After Cyclone
Bloomberg
"Some of them, they have lost their whole family": Rescue efforts continue in Zimbabwe following the disastrous Cyclone Idai which killed over 100 …
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Southern Africa
Floods, Destruction from Cyclone Continue in Mozambique
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CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe (AP) — A week after Cyclone Idai hit coastal Mozambique and swept across the country to Zimbabwe, the storm's aftermath of …
Africa
Zimbabwe civil servants, govt agree 29% salary hike to avert strike
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Zimbabwe’s public workers have accepted a 29 percent salary hike for the lowest paid employees, which the government says will cushion them against …
Southern Africa
Hundreds displaced in Zimbabwe due to cylone
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HARARE - Rescue efforts in Zimbabwe are currently being carried out after 100 people lost their lives and at least 500 others are still missing due …
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China donates 200,000 USD to cyclone victims in Zimbabwe
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HARARE, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy and Chinese community in Zimbabwe donated food, purified water and equipment worth 200,000 U.S. …
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Queen Elizabeth Sends Condolences and a Donation in the Wake of Cyclone Idai
Town and Country - Chloe Foussianes
Cyclone Idai hit Southern Africa last week, devastating millions in the region. The storm was called "one of the worst weather-related disasters in …
U.S. News & World Report
World Food Program
Cyclone Puts 200,000 Zimbabweans in Need of Urgent Food Aid: U.N.
U.S. News & World Report - Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - An estimated 200,000 people in Zimbabwe are likely to need urgent food aid for the next three months after their district was hit …
The Economist
Tropical Cyclones
Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique
The Economist
AID WORKERS have described it as Mozambique’s worst humanitarian crisis since its 15-year civil war. Nearly a week after Tropical Cyclone Idai …
Sales
Zimbabwe: Tobacco Selling Season Kicks Off
allafrica.com - By Alois Vinga
Unprocessed tobacco at auction market in Zimbabwe. The 2019 tobacco selling season kicked off in Harare Wednesday, with the highest selling price …
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The Arts
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
The New York Times
Murder! Espionage! Fashion! We’ve got a fun grab-bag of books this week, from true crime (“The Trial of Lizzie Borden”) to memoir (Isaac Mizrahi’s “I.M.,” Aatish Taseer’s “The Twice-Born”) to three different
Royal Family
The Queen sends messages to countries affected by Cyclone Idai
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Photo credit: By Aaron McCracken/Harrisons, CC BY 2.0, Wiki Commons Photo credit: By Aaron McCracken/Harrisons, CC BY 2.0, Wiki Commons The Queen has …
Southern Africa
Idai "one of the worst" storms to hit southern Africa, at least 360 dead: UN
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Cyclone Idai may be one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, said a UN spokesman on Wednesday of the storm that …
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Southern Africa
Listen: Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone deaths exceed 300 as UN boosts aid
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"The United Nations spokesman says the UN intends to ask the international community for money to help deal with the aftermath of a devastating …
Harare
Zimbabwe: Harare Suspends Water Rationing Schedule
allafrica.com - By Victor Maphosa
(file photo) Harare City Council has suspended its water rationing schedule in circulation due to the acute shortage of chemicals to produce clean …
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Mozambique
Mozambique starts 3 days of mourning after cyclone kills hundreds
ewn.co.za - FILE: This handout picture taken and released on 18 March 2019 by the Mission Aviation Fellowship shows people on a roof surrounded by flooding in an area affected by Cyclone Idai in Beira. Picture: AFP
MAPUTO/HARARE - Mozambique started three days of national mourning on Wednesday after powerful cyclone winds and flooding killed hundreds of people …
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Mourning
Zimbabwe Declares Two Days of Mourning for Cyclone Idai Victims
Bloomberg - Godfrey Marawanyika, Desmond Kumbuka
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared two days of national mourning in honor of victims of Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 139 people …
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Scumbag
Coward who shot sleeping lion in Zimbabwe revealed as remorseless trophy hunter who boasts about killing more than 70 elephants,
thesun.co.uk - By Aletha Adu
A COWARD who shot a sleeping lion in Zimbabwe has been revealed as a remorseless trophy hunter who boasts about killing rare beasts. Guy Gorney, from …
BBC News
Southern Africa
Cyclone Idai: The hotel manager providing a safe haven in Zimbabwe
BBC News
A hotel in Zimbabwe's south-eastern town of Chimanimani is providing shelter for those who have lost their homes in Cyclone Idai, which has devastated huge swathes of southern Africa.
USA TODAY
Southern Africa
Cyclone, flooding wreak havoc in Southern Africa
USA TODAY
Hundreds are dead, many more missing and thousands at risk from massive flooding in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai and persistent rains. (March 19)
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Zambia
Drought Forces Zambia and Zimbabwe to Cut Hydropower Output
Bloomberg - Godfrey Marawanyika
Zambia and Zimbabwe reduced hydropower output from Kariba Dam, because a drought has reduced water levels. The amount of water allocated for power …
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Mozambique, Zimbabwe mourn after destructive Cyclone Idai
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ImageObject 2500 1667 Residents protect themselves from the rain in the aftermath of the passage of the cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people have died and many more
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African Languages
Mutapa
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Mutapa (aka Matapa, Mwenemutapa, and Monomotapa) was a southern African kingdom located in the north of modern Zimbabwe along the Zambezi River which …
News (South Africa)
Op-Ed: Cyclone Idai need not have taken so many lives
dailymaverick.co.za - www.dailymaverick.co.za
Much of the damage and death and destruction from Cyclone Idai could have been limited if there were proper environmental controls in place in …
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises cost lives
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When he was not beating and torturing citizens or killing opposition politicians and stealing elections, he was unleashing youth militia on farms or …