FARAI MUTSAKA / The Associated PressMar 21, 2019
Hundreds more deaths are likely; officials estimate that 200,000 people will need food aid over the next three months in Zimbabwe alone. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated PressMar 18, 2019
Cyclone Idai could prove the deadliest storm in generations to hit the impoverished southeast African country of 30 million. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 9, 2011
American universities are reportedly using endowment funds to buy and lease vast tracts of African farmland, often for piddling prices, in deals that will reward foreign investors handsomely while separating tens of thousands from their homes and farms and providing little or none of the economic benefits promised them, California researchers say. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2010
Soaring bread prices have sparked riots around Mozambique's capital city of Maputo, but worse still is the fact that police killed at least six people and used live ammunition because -- wait for it -- they “ran out of rubber bullets.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Gbemisola Olujobi / TruthdigApr 11, 2009
Almost everyone in the United States or indeed anywhere else in the world knows about Zimbabwe’s sit-tight president, Robert Mugabe. But who is Mogae? Who is Chissano? Who is Kikwete? And who is Kufuor? Sadly, very few people outside Africa recognize these names. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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