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Zimbabwe follows Robert Mugabe’s health by following his plane

By Hopewell Chin’ono and Norimitsu Onishi | New York Times | It is an indirect clue at best, but it is often all they can get: Many Zimbabweans have taken to divining the state of their increasingly frail 92-year-old leader’s health from the movements of his presidential plane. On Saturday morning, anyone with a smartphone […]

‘Mugabe blows $20m on trips’

By Tendai Kamhungira Former Finance minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti has sensationally claimed that President Robert Mugabe has this year alone blown almost $20 million on foreign trips. Biti, who was the Finance minister during the inclusive government era from 2009 to 2013 and clashed on several occasions with Mugabe over […]

Mugabe heads back to Far East

President Robert Mugabe is heading back to the Far East — and specifically to Japan — as the country’s economy and his Zanu PF party continue to implode.

More foreign trips for Mugabe

HARARE – Serial traveller, President Robert Mugabe whose penchant for travelling is now legendary despite being 91, will have visited three countries in seven days by the time he returns home this week.

Shock as Mugabe blows $50 million

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been airborne for a staggering 140 000 kilometres, just five months into the year as the Zanu PF leader’s foreign trips continue to bleed the economy.

Globe-trotter Mugabe arrives in Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA – Zimbabwe’s globe-trotting leader, President Robert Mugabe, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the 18th Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit which begins tomorrow.