ZIMBABWE

Officials in Zimbabwe, which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, aim to fight the epidemic with circumcision.

Some economists and farming groups have said the proposals could hit investment and production at a time when South Africa is emerging from a major drought.

The introduction of the bond notes does not signal the return of the defunct Zimbabwean dollar, which the country ditched in 2009.

The drought-racked southern African nation put its wild animals up for sale Tuesday in a bid to ease financial pressure on its national parks.

For Malawi residents, however, the declaration seems too little too late.

Interpol says information needs to move “faster than the terrorists” to protect citizens from attacks.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s birthday party stood in stark contrast to the thousands of people in the country dealing with food shortages.

Prince Harry's former girlfriend will launch her own jewelry line Aya Africa later this year.

More than a quarter of the population currently lacks access to food in the country, once known as the "breadbasket of Africa" and now reeling under severe drought.

A potentially record-breaking El Niño is causing severe drought and food shortages in the southern African nation.

Zimbabwe's capital and most populous city, Harare, has confirmed six cases of typhoid fever in the past five days in various suburbs, sparking fears of a major outbreak.

The rumor that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe suffered a heart attack is a "grim lie," his spokesman said Thursday.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Monday Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been “surreptitiously but willingly replaced by his wife,” Grace Mugabe, "in a palace coup."

China is Zimbabwe's second-largest trading partner, having received more than $1 billion in low-interest loans from Beijing in the past five years.

The trip, during which the Chinese president will co-chair a summit with African nations, comes at a time when the Asian giant's investment in the continent is dropping.

The 41-year-old female rhino, Nola, who had been a popular attraction at the San Diego zoo since 1989, was euthanized Sunday.

“If you walk around wearing miniskirts displaying your thighs and inviting men to drool over you, then you want to complain when you have been raped? It’s unfortunate because it will be your fault."

The U.S. is one of the only countries doing worse than it was 25 years ago, with maternal mortality rates rising to 14 deaths per 100,000 live births from 12, the United Nations said.

President John Magufuli is a 56-year-old former chemistry teacher and minister of works.

“Poaching is a global crisis, and the world needs U.S. leadership on the issue,” the head of the Humane Society said.

“As well as robbing the African skies of one of their most iconic and spectacular groups of birds, the rapid decline of the continent’s vultures has profound consequences for its people."