Zimbabwe

For the first time in 70 years, a collection of paintings is returning to its country of origin, in an exhibition at the National Gallery in Harare featuring paintings made in the 1940s and 1950s by young black students

The government has removed, with immediate effect, the requirement for fully vaccinated persons to wear masks in public

In some areas the school remains 'open' thanks to radio, with the support of Solo Foundation and a Unesco training course, so teachers give radio lessons reaching even those areas where internet connection is limited or absent

The Zimbabwe Immigration Federation has petitioned the court to stop the scrapping of exemption permits that allow many citizens to reside in South Africa

The World Bank has classified Zimbabwe as a lower middle-income country for the 2023 fiscal year

The price of condoms in Zimbabwe is so high that a packet has come to cost as much as a domestic worker's salary, an alarming situation that highlights an emblematic social and health issue

A new generation of artists is set to make the country a reference point for the continent's art scene through the 'artHARARE Contemporary Art Fair', an innovative contemporary art fair that will be held, for the first time in presence, this November

Zimbabwean scientist Sikhulile Moyo has been named in Time's 100 Influential People list for the discovery of the Covid-19 Omicron variant

Central bank data show the local currency has depreciated by 40%; the currency is quoted at 275,79 per dollar on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's website, up from 165,99 on Friday

Small shops selling solar panels and other solar energy products are increasingly appearing in the major cities; they are actually fake solar panels, a new market fuelled by the drought-related energy crisis that the government is struggling to combat