Sources: BBC
Zimbabwe imposes import quotas on fertilizer and cement at five metric tons per entity, effective until the year ends, due to shortages of the two commodities. 2023-11-8
Nine people are killed, four others are trapped, and 21 are rescued after a mine collapses in Chegutu, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. 2023-09-29
Indonesia bans foreigners who have travelled to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini and Nigeria in the past 14 days amid the emergence of the Omicron variant. 2021-11-28
Gas cylinders explode at a gold mine in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, killing seven people and injuring another. 2021-10-8
Zimbabwean authorities report two people have died following Saturday's bomb attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, with several others in critical condition. 2018-06-25
Zimbabwe applies to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations. Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth in 2003 following a disputed election the previous year and subsequent suspension from the organization. According to Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, the application was made on May 15. 2018-05-22
The High Court of Zimbabwe overturns bans on protests in Harare. 2016-09-8
The incumbent President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, determines that elections will be scheduled for 31 July 2013, however Mugabe's leading presidential contestant and primary political rival Morgan Tsvangirai rejects this as being "a unilateral and flagrant breach of the constitution". 2013-06-13
The death toll from flooding in South Africa rises to 70 and more than 8,000 families are homeless. Five other nearby countries - Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - are threatened by killer heavy rains. 2011-01-22
China throws a surprise 86th birthday party for President Robert Mugabe in its Zimbabwe embassy in Harare, the first time Mugabe visited a foreign embassy in the country since Zimbabwe won independence in 1980. 2010-02-22