The Zimbabwean government on Monday declared a national disaster after 18 people were killed and 46 others injured in a road accident the previous day.

Zimbabwe's official statistics agency says the nation's population rose to 12.9 million in the past decade but the annual growth rate declined to a low of 1.1 percent.

Zimbabwe Zanu PF at the closing 13th national people's conference on Saturday reaffirmed incumbent President Robert Mugabe as the party's candidate for elections slated for March 2013.

Zimbabwe president's loyalists have converged for an annual party convention in the provincial city of Gweru, hoping to map out a winning election strategy to end a conflict-ridden four-year-old coalition.

Zimbabwe's president said he would fire government ministers accused of soliciting for bribes in a bid to purge corruption from his party as loyalists met at a convention to map out a winning election strategy to end a conflict-ridden four-year-old coalition.

Zimbabwe's finance minister forecasts a slower economic growth rate caused by political tensions as the nation prepares for elections next year.

A Zimbabwean tourism delegation is expected to participate in this week's China International Travel Mart (CITM), the largest professional travel mart in Asia.

Tourist arrivals in Zimbabwe has increased by 17 percent over the first half of this year, according to a regional bank on Sunday.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said elections would go ahead in March next year even if the proposed new Constitution was rejected in the impending referendum.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday called for the speedy conclusion of remaining stages in the constitution ahead of the southern African country's elections set for next year.

Zimbabwe will host the first ever All Africa Olympia Bodybuilding competition, which is expected to be held at the Harare International Conference Centre next month.

The debt-ridden Zimbabwe national airline, Air Zimbabwe, will resume regional and international flights before the end of this month amid reports that the airline is facing boardroom squabbles, state radio reported on Monday.

Robert Mugabe has tightened his grip on power ahead of the watershed election next year by assigning some crucial Acts directly under the purview of his office.

THE mantra that ZANU-PF and the military will not accept Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai as President even if he wins the forthcoming elections has been repeated again, this time by a senior ZANU-PF politician, Patrick Chinamasa a week before the crucial Second All-Stakeholders' Conference on the draft constitution.

NewsDay has reported that Prime Minister Tsvangirai and his ex, Locadia Karimatsenga-Tembo, on Thursday agreed to have her $15,000 maintenance claim postponed indefinitely

Various media outlets are reporting that a journalist from Zimbabwe's Daily News was attacked by 'goons' belonging to South Africa's former ANC youth league President, Julius Malema.

Harare — ZIMBABWE is an inspiration to Africa in that it is wholly independent and divested itself of external control, South African youth leader Cde Julius Malema has said.

Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it is preparing to conduct a constitutional referendum scheduled for next month, but is short of necessary funds, Press TV reports.

Jerera — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai warned yesterday that he could pull out of the inclusive government if his supporters continued to be victims of political violence.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — State radio says Zimbabwe's former foreign minister Stan Mudenge has died. He was 71.