Features

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa’s problem of urbanizing while poor

By Associated Press KIAMBU: Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and it feels like entering a
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Zimbabwe’s new currency woes hit traditional stores while illegal night street-side shops flourish

By Associated Press HARARE: Batsirai Pabwe picked detergents, toothpaste, snacks and some pasta among several grocery items spread on the
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How an English woman ended up becoming ‘the Hippo Lady’ of Zimbabwe

By metro.co.uk Karen is founder of the Turgwe Hippo Trust based in the south east of Zimbabwe. She has spent decades
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In Zimbabwe, women are leading the battle against climate change

By Farai Shawn Matiashe For IPS MAFAURE, Zimbabwe: When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in
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BORDER FEATURE: Inside the SA-Zimbabwe smuggling network

By Rudzani Tshivhase and Lerato Mutsila I The Daily Maverick Zimbabweans on the other side of the river receive smuggled goods
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Hollywood star inspires African playwrights with Zimbabwe workshops

By The Guardian UK A group of upcoming playwrights is gathering in the Zimbabwean capital Harare this week for an
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‘There are no drugs’: Zimbabwe’s sick turn to herbalists due to ailing health system

By Mary Taruvinga I AFP Hospitals lack medicine, equipment and even staff as doctors and nurses quit for better salaries
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A ‘Life-Changing’ Experience: CU programme brings Zimbabwean doctors to Colorado

By Tayler Shaw | news.cuanschutz.edu For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, two doctors from Zimbabwe visited CU through the Department
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The women behind Zimbabwe’s striking hut painting art

By AFP MATOBO: The golden rays of the afternoon sun enhance the bold, hand-painted patterns on the mud walls of
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MOVING TO THE UK: ‘My survival instinct was to hide any talent’

By chortle.co.uk LONDON: Munya Chawawa has been talking about growing up in Zimbabwe – and the culture shock of coming
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