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Foreign and Commonwealth Office amends Zimbabwe travel advice
Situation Remains Unpredictable

Foreign and Commonwealth Office amends Zimbabwe travel advice

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LONDON (August 27, 2008) - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has changed its travel advice for Zimbabwe.

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Zimbabwe Foreign Office amends travel advice
Violence Intensifies

Zimbabwe Foreign Office amends travel advice

By eTN

ZIMBABWE (July 30, 2008) - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today changed its travel advice for Zimbabwe.

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Who wants to be a billionaire? Just go to Zimbabwe...
Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note

Who wants to be a billionaire? Just go to Zimbabwe...

HARARE - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.

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Sudan indictment seen as ray of hope
Human Rights Abuses

Sudan indictment seen as ray of hope

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague were welcomed by a broad section of human rights activists from Eastern Africa and the

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Battle for Cup tourist dollar
Zimbabwe

Battle for Cup tourist dollar

The hospitality industry reasonably expects bumper income from World Cup fans come 2010.

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Zimbabwe: The end of a dream?
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: The end of a dream?

By Wolfgang H. Thome l eTN Africa

As Zimbabwe was led down the road of ever increasing violence by its brutal rulers over the past few weeks, the patience of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party and of Morgan Tsvangirai and

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Ukrainian firm, council sign tourism agreement
Zimbabwe

Ukrainian firm, council sign tourism agreement

Augur Investments, a Ukrainian company incorporated in Estonia has promised to market Zimbabwe as a viable investment destination.

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Ugandans caught up in South African violence spree
South Africa Violence

Ugandans caught up in South African violence spree

By Wolfgang H. Thome

KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - The result of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s ostrich policy towards the events in Zimbabwe, where he continues to play a most dubious role in supporting a combined anti-constitutional and military power retention scheme by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his goons, has now spread to the streets of South ... read more

Zimbabwe opens tourism marketing office in Russia
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe opens tourism marketing office in Russia

Zimbabwe has opened a tourism marketing office in Russia after realising that Moscow was fast becoming the world's second biggest emerging tourist market, after China.

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Country one of tourism's 'Worst Destinations'
Zimbabwe

Country one of tourism's 'Worst Destinations'

ZIMBABWE has been ranked as one of the worst tourist destinations in the world for the second year running, according to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report for 2008.

The report released on Tuesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Zimbabwe a dismal 117 from 130 countries.

Last year Zimbabwe was ranked 107.

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ZTA, police to set up units in tourist resorts
Zimbabwe

ZTA, police to set up units in tourist resorts

Harare - The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Republic Police, has expressed commitment to the setting up of Tourism Police Units in the country's major tourist resort areas.

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Airline fees doubled, black market dominates in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Airline fees doubled, black market dominates in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe (eTN): The state airline doubled its fares Monday and the cost of a new Zimbabwe passport went up thirty fold.

Spiraling prices also saw restaurant and bar prices double over the weekend, and prices were sometimes raised during a restaurant meal.

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