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AllAfrica.com - Zimbabwe
Current news from African newspapers (includes PANA, the Dakar based news agency created to provide an African perspective on news events). AllAfrica.com is formed from a merger of the former Africa News from Durham, NC. http://allafrica.com/zimbabwe/
Bulawayo Chronicle (Bulawayo)
Selected articles from the long established print newspaper. Pages are slow to load.http://www.chronicle.co.zw/
Change Zimbabwe
Current news and analysis / commentary. "changezimbabwe.com stands for a wider perspective on Zimbabwe news, in-depth analysis of the week's news, daily breaking stories and deeper discussion on the agenda for change." Events in the U.K. How the diaspora can rebuild Zimbabwe. http://www.changezimbabwe.com
Financial Gazette
Independent Harare newspaper. Selected articles online. Includes companies, finance, and farming reports. Has back issues from Aug. 1997. http://www.fingaz.co.zw/
Global NewsBank
Subscription service. Some universities subscribe.  Includes selected reports from Zimbabwe radio, Agence France Presse, IPS, PANA, TV stations. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
TheGreatZimbabwe
Current news. Discussion forums. http://www.thegreatzimbabwe.com
Guardian (London)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Herald (Harare)
Online version (with selected articles) of the Zimbabwe Government newspaper; published by Zimbabwe Newspapers Ltd. Has articles from past issues including its Sunday Mail. http://www.herald.co.zw/
iafrica - News on Zimbabwe
Current news on Zimbabwe. Site owned by UUNET, Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa. http://iafrica.com/news/specialreport/zimbabwe/
Kubatana.net - Information and photographs: Rally in Highfields, Sunday March 11, 2007
Images from the Save Zimbabwe Campaign - Highfields meeting - March 11, 2007. See also Reuters article March 16, 2007. http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/cact/070216kubsavezim.asp?sector=CACT
Lexis-Nexis
Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Select NEWS. Full text articles from major U.K., U.S., Canadian and other world news sources (BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, Agence France Presse, Associated Press, TV transcripts from NPR, CNN, etc.) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Manica Post (Mutare, Zimbabwe)
Site for the government-owned weekly print newspaper. Established in 1893 as the Umtali Post. Published by Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd. http://www.manicapost.com/
New Zimbabwe.com
Very current news. Commentary, discussion forums, cartoons, etc. Has the text of the REPORT ON THE 1980s ATROCITIES IN MATABELELAND AND THE MIDLANDS by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997. The Editor is Mduduzi Mathuthu. http://www.newzimbabwe.com
Newsnet
Current Zimbabwe news. Also sports, science, entertainment, crime, business, agriculture news. "Newsnet (Private) Limited was born out of the unbundling of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation in December 2003 and as a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings. Its major mandate is to provide News and Current Affairs programming to radio and television channels under ZBH and any other broadcasters that may require such programming as well as provide services as a multi-media news agency." Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. http://www.newsnet.co.zw/
Southscan - Briefing
Free current news on Zimbabwe. Articles extracted from the subscription service. http://www.southscan.gn.apc.org/briefings/scan_briefing2205.html
Sunday Mail
Government newspaper. See also The Herald. Pub. by Zimbabwe Newspapers Limited. http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/
SW Radio Africa
"The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe" is a short-wave liberation radio station based in London broadcasting news on the political situation in Zimbabwe and music. Listen to past programs any time (requires soundcard, headset/speakers, Windows Media Player). Run by Zimbabweans, operated by Gerry Jackson who once ran the first independent station in Zimbabwe which was subsequently closed down by the govt. It broadcasts on the 6145khz wavelength in the 49m band, daily 6 - 9 pm Zimbabwe time. See also a print article in Southern Africa Report, (Johannesburg), Vol. 20, No. 2, Jan. 11, 2002. http://www.swradioafrica.com
Time Up Info News
Zimbabwe political news. "this is a liberation website that wants to inform the world what is going on in zimbabwe using jokes as well as news." Based in Zimbabwe. http://www.timeup.info/
United Nations. Relief Web - Zimbabwe
Current news from the UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa (IRIN-SA) and from the UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa (IRIN-CEA). http://www.reliefweb.int/
Voice of America - News for Zimbabwe - Studio 7
Current Zimbabwe news (on politics, economics, health, society, etc.) Listen to news in English, Shona, and Ndebele (requires sound card, headset or speakers). Reporters include senior editor Ray Choto, formerly with the independent Standard (Harare). VOA is funded by the U.S. government. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.studio7news.com or http://voanews.com/english/Africa/Zimbabwe/
Yahoo Zimbabwe News
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Zimbabwe/
Zimdaily.com
"Voice of the Voiceless." News, business, sports, health, discussion forums. "a non political, non-civic, nongovernmental, independent online newspaper that is an initiative of former Zimbabwean Professionals now based in the UK, US and Canada." Based in Chicago, Illinois. [KF] http://www.zimdaily.com
ZimNews
Links to Zimbabwe, South African, U.K. newspaper articles. Sections on human rights, land, politics, environment, corruption. Has special feature articles. Receive a daily e-mail newsletter. Sponsored by the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust. Based in London. http://www.zwnews.com/
Zim Observer
News from Zimbabwe online news sources. Has searchable news articles database, advice column, classifieds, etc. Site based in New York city. http://www.zimobserver.com
Zim Online
Daily independent online newspaper. "The Zim News Online is published under a project that has been set up by seasoned Zimbabwean journalists and lawyers. We agreed on the need to create a daily alternative media voiceon Zimbabwe to expand the democratic space being shrunk by repressive media laws being selectively used to eliminate the independent media." Site based in Johannesburg, South Africa. http://www.zimonline.co.za/
Zimbabwe Free
A Yahoo discussion group "working towards freedom in Zimbabwe"; carries news reports. One must join to read messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zimbabwefree

Zimbabwe Independent
(Harare)
Independent weekly Zimbabwe print newspaper, has the full text of selected articles (news, sports, features, letters to the editor, classified ads). Their "Archive" has back issues from 1998 forward. Published by Zimind Publishers (Private) Limited. http://www.theindependent.co.zw/
Zimbabwe Mirror (Harare)
Online edition of the print independent Harare newspaper. The publisher and editor is Ibbo Mandaza. http://www.africaonline.co.zw/mirror/
Zimbabwe Post
Links to other news sites. From World News Network which has a chain of news web sites. Based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. http://www.zimbabwepost.com/
Zimbabwe Situation
Extensive news of current events from Zimbabwe newspapers. From Australia. http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/
Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)
Weekly independent Zimbabwe newspaper. Selected articles - news, sports, letters to the editor, restaurant reviews. Back issues are online. See also the Zimbabwe Independent. http://www.thestandard.co.zw/
Zimbabwe Times
Current political news. The Managing Editor is Geoffrey Nyarota. "Geoffrey Nyarota is an award-winning investigative journalist, newspaper editor, and media entrepreneur,...." [He] "launched Zimbabwe's leading independent daily newspaper, the Daily News in 1999." Source: http://www.un.org/events/pressday/2006/nyarota.html The Zimbabwe Times is based in Massachusetts. http://thezimbabwetimes.com/
Zimbabwean
"A [weekly] newspaper to cater for Zimbabweans in the diaspora will be launched on February 11, 2005. The paper, to be called "The Zimbabwean", will be published in the UK with a Southern African edition produced in Johannesburg." Published by Wilf & Trish Mbanga, The Zimbabwean Limited, U.K. http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk
ZWNews
Current news. Free subscription to a daily e-newsletter. Links to other news sources and web sites. http://www.zwnews.com/

See also -

Land Dispute
Adams, Martin - Land Reform: New Seeds On Old Ground?
London: Overseas Development Institute, 1995. 9 pp. (Natural Resource Perspective, No. 6, 1995). http://www.odi.org.uk/nrp/nrp6.html
BBC - Zimbabwe News
Extensive articles, background reports, maps, audio clips. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/africa/2000/zimbabwe/
Guardian (London)
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/zimbabwe/
Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa
http://www.niza.nl/uk/press/zimcrisis.htm
Thompson, Carol - "Zimbabwe: Intersection of Human Rights, Land Reform, and Regional Security"
Full text article from Foreign Policy In Focus. Published by Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque, NM. Carol Thompson is a specialist on Southern Africa and a professor of political economy at Northern Arizona University. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/commentary/zimbabwe.html



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