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Foreign minister Frederick Shava courts new partners in Ankara and New Dehli to circumvent sanctions

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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Since his appointment in February, Zimbabwe's foreign minister has been concentrating on cultivating closer relations with Turkey and India to complement the country's longstanding alliances with China and Russia and lessen the impact of Western sanctions. [...]

Published on 02/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alfred Mutiwazuka
Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries
Cyril Ramaphosa
DEIK
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Frederick Shava
Mevlut Çavusoglu
Mthuli Ncube
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Shri Vijay Khanduja
Turkey-Zimbabwe Business Council
TurkMall
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan
ZANU-PF

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Harare serves as Minsk's stepping stone into southern Africa

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has been making connections in Zimbabwe with a view to building ties with other southern African countries.

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa at a ceremony to hand over Belarusian agricultural machinery in Harare on 31 January 2023.

India, Zimbabwe
India heads to Harare to try to break China's coal monopoly

As tensions mount in the global energy market, an Indian government delegation is going to Harare to try to loosen China's grip on Zimbabwe's coal mines.

Subscribers only Mining 14.06.2022

Zimbabwe
Beijing makes the most of Harare's isolation

As one of the few southern African states to have been excluded by Washington from its Democracy Summit, Zimbabwe has been conducting an intense communication campaign in recent weeks, touting its proximity to Beijing, one of President Mnangagwa's few international allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.12.2021

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the African leader's first visit to China on April 3, 2018.

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Emmerson Mnangagwa knows that in order to get Western sanctions lifted he needs to give his country's strategic tobacco sector a facelift. To this end he sent his top lieutenants to sweet talk international NGOs at a special SADC meeting.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.10.2021

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe
Clash over gold mine owned by ousted market leader Metallon

Mining company Caprcend Investments, which is owned by Zimbabwean member of parliament Campion Mugweni, has suffered a serious setback in its battle with a subsidiary of the Metallon mining group at the Mazowe gold mine.

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Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa indulges Chinese miners despite growing unrest

Although Zimbabwe has been beset by a wave of protests against Chinese mining firms over the last month, the government is still dishing out new licences to those that are already active in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 26.04.2021

Zimbabwe
Diplomacy in crisis after Covid death of foreign minister Moyo

Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, one of President Mnangagwa's staunchest supporters, has succumbed to Covid-19. His death leaves Zimbabwe's diplomacy in turmoil at a critical time for its international relations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.01.2021

Zimbabwean foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo died on 20 January of Covid-19.

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

Kuvimba Mining House is the name of the new state-controlled entity created to coordinate and revamp the country's largest mines. Embodying Harare's hopes for its mining sector, all the paths heading out of the company's high-potential portfolio seem nonetheless to lead to Kuda Tagwirei, one of Mnangagwa's closest allies but a man under US sanctions.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Zimbabwe
Foreign minister Frederick Shava courts new partners in Ankara and New Dehli to circumvent sanctions

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Harare serves as Minsk's stepping stone into southern Africa

India, Zimbabwe
India heads to Harare to try to break China's coal monopoly

Zimbabwe
Beijing makes the most of Harare's isolation

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Zimbabwe
Clash over gold mine owned by ousted market leader Metallon

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa indulges Chinese miners despite growing unrest

Zimbabwe
Diplomacy in crisis after Covid death of foreign minister Moyo

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth