Zimbabwe Police Arrests Three Suspects of a Hefty Gold Heist
Authorities arrested three out of 13 suspects of Tuesday’s armed attack on a gold convoy in southern Zimbabwe, in which 11.6...
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Ruling Elites Behind Zimbabwe’s ‘Disappearing’ Gold
Gold smuggling, organized by individuals linked to the ruling establishment, deprives Zimbabwe of an estimated 36 tonnes of...
Six African Nations Agreed to Push for Restarting Ivory Trade
With the elephant population growing out of control in parts of southern Africa, several countries in the region agreed at a...
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse Banked And Financed Zimbabwean Fraudster In Deal That Saved Mugabe
Details from the Suisse Secrets leak cast new light on Credit Suisse’s role in a controversial platinum mine sale that...
As U.S. Sanctions Loomed, a Tycoon ‘Mopped Up’ Zimbabwe’s Scarce Dollars, and Acquired a Lucrative Platinum Mine
As Zimbabweans faced the economic consequences of a crashing currency, well-connected businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei...
How a Zimbabwe Tycoon Made a Fortune from a Trafigura Partnership and Spiralling National Debt
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is close to Zimbabwe’s president and his inner circle, leveraged his privileged access to fuel and...
The Pandora Papers
Belarusian Elites’ Golden Deal With Zimbabwe
A top Belarusian official negotiated a gold mining venture with Zimbabwe in 2018 — but behind a veil of offshores, it was...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Contract Tobacco Farmers in Zimbabwe Say They Are ‘Drowning in Debt’
Growers say they often end up trapped in a painful debt cycle as they struggle to pay for expensive inputs they can ill...
Equatorial Guinea to Close Embassy after UK Sanctioned President’s Son
In protest of the United Kingdom’s decision to put the son of President Teodoro Obiang Mangue on the latest list of...
Report: In Zimbabwe, Corrupt Actors Benefit from Illegal Gold Mining
The very people tasked with clamping down on and regulating Zimbabwe’s illegal gold industry are some of its biggest...