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## Zimbabwe


* ![Zimbabwe Corn](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b2604b9ae461341/698a099016d8841ee3c37a63/zimbabwe-corn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 31, 2020  
## [Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Genetically Modified Corn Imports](https://time.com/5775168/zimbabwe-genetically-modified-corn-famine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![ZIMBABWE-POLITICS-MUGABE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53f566f6879f40c7/698a02780116820f0897e285/zimbabwe-politics-robert-mugabe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2019  
## [Robert Mugabe's Legacy of Broken Souls](https://time.com/5670823/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-legacy/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Evan Mawarire
* ![Robert Mugabe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta721dfd2e2196ed5/6988a4bee20a873a5ca92448/mugabe.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2019  
## [Robert Mugabe Ruled Zimbabwe for Decades. Here's How He First Came to Power](https://time.com/4478358/robert-mugabe-dies-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![ZIMBABWE-MUGABE-SWORN-IN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a2557849e3e7713/698a015b096a94ceb36a6cdb/gettyimages-146383825.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2019  
## [Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's Ex-President, Dies at 95](https://time.com/5652085/robert-mugabe-dies/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Protesters in Harare, Zimbabwe, demonstrating in support of the opposition](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4977259a6c3a4859/698a01c9656a3f55b2bd8ca5/gettyimages-1161873342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2019  
## [Activist: Violence in Zimbabwe Is Escalating. But We Won't Stop Fighting for Our Freedoms](https://time.com/5659615/zimbabwe-protests/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Evan Mawarire  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81549b23e6a87429/698944b5656a3fc908bd6962/friendship-bench-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 7, 2019  
## [How Zimbabwean Grandmothers are Stepping In to Fight Depression](https://time.com/5523806/friendship-bench-zimbabwe-mental-illness/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eben Shapiro
* ![ZIMBABWE-POLITICS-COURT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c65dcc31e77284/6989438aab6d772e216b4a46/gettyimages-802574268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 18, 2019  
## [Zimbabwe Pastor Faces 20 Years for Subversion](https://time.com/5506559/zimbabwe-pastor-evan-mawarire-subversion-fuel-protests/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![Kentucky Fried Chicken brand logo in Mong Kok, Hong Kong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt700e45ea75af974d/69893c59e76ad222bd633385/gettyimages-933288308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2018  
## [KFC Zimbabwe Has Run Out of Chicken](https://time.com/5421482/kfc-zimbabwe-foreign-currency-crisis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![TOPSHOT-ZIMBABWE-VOTE-ELECTIONS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd6d2f369d9264df/698936b3929fadbf1abf1358/gettyimages-1007693864.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 6, 2018  
## [What's Next for Zimbabwe After Election Unrest](https://time.com/5354103/zimbabwe-elections-mnangagwa/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Knox Chitiyo
* ![TOPSHOT-ZIMBABWE-VOTE-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee045f810882599f/698936e1656a3f91cbbd51f5/gettyimages-1008966286.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2018  
## [Zimbabwe's Historic Vote Takes a Deadly Turn](https://time.com/5356008/zimbabwe-election-deadly-unrest/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Laignee Barron  
* ![ZIMBABWE-VOTE-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5ff99e843b0c47d/69893697096a9491e06a30b3/emmerson-mnangagwa-zimbabwe-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 30, 2018  
## [Zimbabwe Is Voting In Its First Ever Election Without Mugabe. Here's What to Know.](https://time.com/5352515/zimbabwe-election-2018-mnangagwa-chamisa-mugabe/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![ZIMBABWE-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87cb84999d19fbbc/6988e6ece76ad20b3d6300eb/gettyimages-875264708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 27, 2017  
## [3 Reasons Human Rights Defenders Should Feel Optimistic Right Now](https://time.com/5037701/amnesty-international-ratko-mladic-robert-mugabe/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Anna Neistat
* ![TOPSHOT-ZIMBABWE-POLITICS-CRISIS-EDUCATION-DEMO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefe82f81d20e12f1/6988e6bebc6cfc86443e40a2/gettyimages-876596062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 22, 2017  
## [Zimbabwe Is Toasting a New Beginning. But Will 'The Crocodile' Bring More of the Same?](https://time.com/5034942/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-emmerson-mnangagwa-crocodile/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Zimbabwe's Mugabe Said to Risk Impeachment If He Doesn't Quit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4344572196e9f3e5/6988e6418fd2eeda17359af3/gettyimages-875242778.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2017  
## [Why Mugabe Isn't Standing Aside (Or, When a Coup Is Not a Coup)](https://time.com/5028970/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-coup-not-quite/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Elephant, Fothergill Island, Lake Kariba](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ce56f536dd75ec/6988e637bc6cfc83323e3f9f/gettyimages-640245987.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2017  
## [What to Know About Trump's Reversal of an Elephant Import Ban](https://time.com/5028798/elephant-hunting-trophy-zimbabwe/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Joseph Hincks

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