ZIMBABWE

Westpac is being accused of failing to report and monitor suspicious payments and transactions over several years, including payments made by child sex offenders.

Zimbabwean police beat opposition supporters after rally ban

Two years after coup, Zimbabweans grow more despondent

World's oldest captive white rhino dies in French zoo

Zimbabwe issues fresh banknotes to ease cash shortages

Despite growing digital surveillance, some activists are able to use apps and social media to mobilize and organize protests

Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female anti-poaching Akashinga rangers when she broke her finger.She didn't consider quitting -- she even smiled as her finger was bandaged, before returning to the brutal military-style training."I'm happy, that's why I am not crying. I'm trying to be an Akashinga girl," the 22-year-old said.The rangers, armed and dressed in khaki combat gear, track and arrest poachers in five reserves, all former trophy hunting areas, encompassing 4,000 square kilometres (1,545 square miles) near the Zambian border in northern Zimbabwe.

They foreigned have said they no longer feel safe in South Africa after a surge of xenophobic attacks last month

Mozambican incumbent President Filipe Nyusi (pictured October 12, 2019) won a fresh five-year term, which the opposition says is due to "massive electoral fraud"

Electronic money and "bond" notes -- a legal tender pegged to the US dollar -- were introduced to ease cash shortages

“I jumped on top of the crocodile and started beating it with my bare hands before using my fingers to poke its eyes until it released her," the girl said.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government called for the protests

How Botswana ranks compared to other nations in southern Africa.

Aluminium giant Rusal has decided to reopen an aluminium refinery in Guinea closed since 2012

The union says government staff cannot even afford the cost of transportation to get to work

In the upcoming 2020 T20 World Cup qualifying tournament, Bermuda will be looking to repeat the heroics of their side who famously reached the 2007 World Cup

Diamonds are a major income source for cash-strapped Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in annual speech that his government's economic reforms "are beginning to bear fruit"

Mugabe is revered by many for his role in the fight for Zimbabwe's independence

Former first lady Grace Mugabe walks past a portrait of Robert Mugabe during the burial of the former Zimbabwe leader at his home village in Kutama, west of the capital Harare

Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for more than 37 years. He leaves a country divided and mired in poverty