In Zimbabwe

Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday presented his 2010 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement, in which he announced that he will not propose a supplementary budget and that Zimbabwe’s economic future now hinges on the sale of diamonds from the Marange fields.

Scores of Zimbabwean and other immigrants in South Africa are making their way out of local communities amid mounting fears of xenophobic violence.

Lack of consensus among members during Kimberley Process meeting in Tel Aviv means Zimbabwe can not resume its diamond export from the troubled Marange area.

Diamond watchdog silenced, as he was supposed to address the KP at its half-yearly Intersessional meeting in Israel.

Worrying reports of Ellen Chademana and Ignatius Muhambi being beaten and tortured by police, while their organization GALZ continues to be harassed.

Zimbabwean prosecutors have appealed against a High Court ruling clearing Roy Bennett of treason, barely 48 hours after Attorney General Johannes Tomana had hinted he would not oppose the judgment.

Three US Senators, among which former Presidential candidate John Kerry, introduced a bill that aims to collaborate with those forces in the GNU that demonstrate a commitment to democratic reform.

MDC criticise visit of Ahmadinejad as they believe it sends out a wrong message to the world and further isolates Zimbabwe.

Top Zanu PF officials, including government ministers are reportedly plotting the ouster of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono for opposing the controversial Indigenisation and empowerment law.

The directors of the companies given licenses to mine diamonds at the Chiadzwa diamond have failed again to attend a meeting with Parliament, which investigates their actions at the contentious diamond field in eastern Zimbabwe.