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Main article: Africa
Population
Main article: Population of Africa
Migration
2021: Net outflow over 4 years
Overweight
Mortality
2022: Life expectancy - 59.4 years
2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders
Traffic safety
2019: 41.2 fatalities in accidents per 100,000 population per year
2018: Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles
Foreign policy
2023: Refusal to condemn Russia in Ukraine conflict
In July 2023, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa supported a special military operation in Ukraine and said he expressed solidarity with Russia's actions. In turn, Vladimir Putin wished Mnangagwa good luck and his party's success in the upcoming Zimbabwe elections on August 23, 2023.
2002: Ari Ben-Menashe lobbies Mugabe government interests elsewhere
Ari Ben-Menashe was born in 1951 in Tehran (Iran) into a family of Iranian Jews. As a child, his family moved to Israel, where he subsequently served in the military. According to his own statements, from 1977 to 1987 he worked in the Israeli military intelligence "AMAN," dealing with issues related to the Middle East and Iran.
In 1989, he was arrested in the United States on charges of illegally selling fighters to Iran, but a year later the court acquitted him. After that, Ben-Menashe emigrated to Canada, where he received citizenship and founded the consulting company Dickens & Madson (Canada) Inc. Since the 1990s, Ben-Menashe has taken up lobbying and political consulting, specializing in countries with unstable regimes.
Armed Forces
2018: Military spending - $420 million
Economy
Main article: Economy of Zimbabwe
Automobile traffic
Zimbabwe is a left-hand country.
Cooperation with Russia
Astronautics
2022: Start of cooperation with Roscosmos
On January 5, 2023, Roscosmos announced the start of cooperation with Zimbabwe regarding the creation and launch of small satellites. The agreements were approved on November 24, 2022, the Russian state corporation specified. Read more here.
Diamond mining
Development of one of the world's largest platinum group metal deposits "Darvendale"
Key projects of Russian-Zimbabwean cooperation are the development of one of the world's largest metal deposits of the Darvendale platinum group near Harare and the activities of AK Alrosa unfolding in several areas of Zimbabwe.
Based on the intergovernmental agreement of 2014, the joint venture with the participation of the Russian investment and industrial group Vi Holding is engaged in the development of the field. The construction of a mining and processing complex is planned.
Alrosa began work in Zimbabwe to develop the highest-level agreements reached during an official visit to Moscow in January 2019 by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In June [established] together with the National Diamond Mining Company of Zimbabwe JV to develop diamond deposits.
Discussion of the Gasoline for Diamonds deal
In November 2019, the Zimbabwean government is discussing a $ 1.4 billion deal with Russia that is designed to help the African country cope with the worst energy crisis, a shortage of hot and fanning blackouts that last an average of 18 hours a day.
As part of the agreement, Russia plans to supply Zimbabwe with petroleum products for three years, including diesel fuel in exchange for diamonds, which are mined by the national company Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC).
According to Business Times sources, the agreement can be signed by the end of the month and will begin to operate in 2020: the Swiss subsidiary of Tatneft will become the fuel supplier. It will ship batches through the port of Beira (Mozambique).
Diamonds for fuel will be supplied to the Russian Alros, which, according to sources of the Zimbabwean publication, will evaluate the stones and inform Tatneft about their cost. The latter will be able to reduce the price of stones by 30%, depending on the situation on the market.
On the Zimbabwe side, the agreement will be signed by the country's central bank.
In addition to the crisis in the key diamond mining industry, where production from 17 million carats in 2013 collapsed to 3.5 million - in 2018, the country's economy was hit by a severe drought.
The representative of Alrosa refused to confirm to Interfax the deal "gasoline for diamonds" with Zimbabwe. "The company is not related to the project and does not conduct any negotiations on this topic," he said.
Leonid Brezhnev Street in the capital of the country
Zimbabwe has Leonid Brezhnev Avenue since November 2019.
The government approved the renaming of some streets to Harare and Bulawayo.
The former Fife Avenue, where the Embassy of the Russian Federation is located, now bears the name of Leonid Brezhnev.
Some streets that bore the names of "white" colonists (Cecil Rhodes, Allan Wilson, etc.) also changed their names. Fidel Castro also got his street.
Cooperation with China
2019: China takes offense at Zimbabwe for being 'underestimated'
The financial assistance that Beijing provides to Harare is several times more than indicated in the annual budget report, the Chinese side claims in November 2019.
According to these data, China provided Zimbabwe with $3.6 million. The Embassy of the Middle Kingdom in response claims that in the period from January to September 2019, Harare received $136.8 million.
Beijing has funded projects in Zimbabwe over the years, including water and electricity infrastructure through China's Export-Import Bank.
"The Chinese Embassy wishes that the relevant agencies of the Zimbabwean government conduct a comprehensive assessment of the bilateral support statistics and accurately reflect the real situation when making statements," the Chinese mission said in a brief statement.
Health care
2021: Maternity leave
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2020
Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
Part of the population defecates on the street
2018
The cause of the highest number of deaths
AIDS
Crime
Prisons
2019: Minimum age of imprisonment for children - 7 years
2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens
Education
2020: Yinyati High School is the oldest functioning educational institution in the country, founded in 1896
2019: Percentage of people who can read
2018: Literacy rate
History
2024: USAID staff expelled after US sanctions imposed on President Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwean authorities expelled employees of the Agency for International Development from the country in February 2024 USA USAID. This was announced by the head of the press service US State Department Matthew Miller.
"Last month, Zimbabwean authorities unexpectedly detained and deported USAID employees and contractors who were assessing the development and governance situation in Zimbabwe," TASS quoted him as saying in March 2024.
Miller stressed that employees of the American agency were mistreated and intimidated.
Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman George Charamba accused the US of interfering in the country's internal affairs.
"If America thinks that it has a holy mission to reorganize our country's politics according to its own ideas about democracy, it will face bitter disappointment," the official said in an interview with the Sunday Mail.
As Charamba noted, the expelled officials held tacit negotiations with the opposition, NGOs and diplomats of third countries.
A week earlier, the US imposed sanctions targeting Zimbabwe's top officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The reason was Washington's alleged data on their involvement in corruption and human rights violations.
2019
Harare water treatment crisis
In September 2019, the main water treatment plant in the Zimbabwean capital is temporarily open to residents. The water crisis is a huge inconvenience for the two million people living in Harare - many residents are forced to queue at night to get clean water.
The government believes that the opposition-run city council is to blame for the crisis. The council is engaged in the procurement of chemicals for water treatment, but recently supplies have stopped.
Power shortage
In July 2019, some Zimbabwe enterprises, factories and factories moved working hours to night, as electricity in the country is turned on from about 21:00 to 6:00.
state Zimbabwe produces only half of the required amount of electricity, according to energy firm ZESA Holdings. This is due to the prolonged drought, which led to a decrease in electricity generation at the largest hydroelectric power station on Lake Kariba, and outdated generators at the TPP periodically fail.
The company had to introduce continuous blackouts of up to 18 hours a day.
The government says it plans to import electricity from neighboring countries and also promises to build solar-powered power plants.
2017: Mugabe is removed from power
In 2017, Robert Mugabe was removed from power in a military coup and placed under house arrest. Soon after, Mugabe voluntarily resigned .
He died in September 2019.
2002: US imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe
In 2002, the United States imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in connection with the seizure of land of white farmers. For 2019, financial and travel restrictions in the US apply to 85 people, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa. There are also 56 companies or organisations facing restrictions. The US also imposed a ban on arms exports to Zimbabwe.
1987: Robert Mugabe becomes president and rules for 30 years
Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1987 (before that he was prime minister for seven years ) and led the country for 30 years.
1982: Renaming capital Salisbury to Harare
From 1890 to 1982, Harare was known as Salisbury.
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Culture
Religion
Customs
How to have sex at a distance
In August 2019, a resident of the village of Madzinga (Zimbabwe), is accused of possessing mubobobo - his case is already being considered in court.
"Mubobobo" is a special amulet that is supposed to allow its owner to have sex at a distance without being physically present next to his partner and without asking his permission.
Underwear in the coffin to your beloved
In September 2019, at the funeral of a Zimbabwean guy named Carlton (age 21), his lady of heart Patricia (age 17) put her underwear in his coffin: a common ritual that symbolizes a willingness to continue life without a loved one. However, the family of the deceased protested, because before the funeral they did not know about the romantic connection of young people, or about such a ritual.
The coffin was lowered to the ground four times and then lifted again.
Only the intervention of the armed police helped resolve the situation.
How the dead are resurrected
In July 2019, in Zimbabwe, in the village of Mandava, the funeral of a 10-year-old boy was held.
The woman accused the other of witchcraft and the death of the boy - the latter was scattered, fell and broke her head on a stone. The opponent (sorry) defecated on her - the locals believe that this can resurrect the dead. It didn't help.
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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Reserves
Hwange
2019: Starvation kills 55 elephants
At least 55 elephants starved to death in September-October 2019 in Zimbabwe's largest national park, Hwange.
It was reported that some of the elephants were found within a radius of 50 meters from the reservoirs, which suggests that they died without reaching the water.
The park does not receive state funding and can accommodate 15 thousand elephants, while the actual number of them is much more - 50 thousand. This situation forced the animals to leave the park and go on their own in search of food and water.
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