More than 100 elephants die amid severe drought in Zimbabwe

As temperatures soar over 113 degrees, severe conditions are also threatening 11 million people with hunger across southern Africa

• Nov 6, 2019

Water cut off for 2 million residents of Zimbabwe's capital

Lack of funds for treatment chemicals and low water levels in polluted dams thanks to drought have left the south African nation parched

• Sep 24, 2019

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has died at 95

Mugabe was a revolutionary hero who turned the new African country into his personal fiefdom and a virtual one-party state during his 37-year reign

• Sep 6, 2019

Zimbabwe wants to sell its wild elephants

Zimbabwe's tourism minister says they're selling them to Angola and any other country "who wants our wildlife"

• Jun 26, 2019

"Lives shattered": Cyclone death toll soars with hundreds still missing

A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa​, flooding still raged as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe, threatening riverside populations

• Mar 21, 2019

Overwhelmed rescuers forced to leave some cyclone victims behind

"Sometimes we can only save 2 out of 5," says rescuer helping to pluck people from roofs and treetops in Mozambique, "the others will perish"

• Mar 20, 2019

Southern Africa reels from deadly cyclone

Rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique, endangering thousands of families, aid workers said. Crews scrambled to rescue survivors of Cyclone Idai who clung to rooftops and trees. Hundreds were dead, many more were missing and thousands were at risk in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports.

• Mar 19, 2019
• 1:19

Cyclone leaves "inland oceans" and thousands at risk in Mozambique

Thousands are marooned by "inland oceans extending for miles and miles," and the floodwaters are still rising

• Mar 19, 2019

Cyclone death toll may top 1,000 in Africa

Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in mainly poor, rural areas of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

• Mar 19, 2019

All-female squad fights wildlife poaching

An all-female team of wildlife rangers is tackling illegal poaching in Zimbabwe. They're called Akashina, or The Brave Ones, and they come from disadvantaged backgrounds full of poverty and domestic violence. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins CBSN to give an inside look at the Akashina.

• Jan 30, 2019
• 10:03

Zimbabwe leader vows probe amid deadly crackdown on protesters

President Emmerson Mnangagwa calls violence by security forces "unacceptable," pledges investigation, but opposition says beatings continue

• Jan 22, 2019

Georgia hunter threatened over photos with dead elephant speaks out

Mike Jines, a partner with TopGen Energy, said his critics are misinterpreting what really happened

• Jan 21, 2019

Women protecting rhinos from poachers

These single mothers are survivors of abuse from disadvantaged communities. But they've just become Zimbabwe's hidden weapon against the poachers killing elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns.

• Jan 7, 2019
• 1:16

Meet the domestic violence survivors hunting poachers in Zimbabwe

Abused and disadvantaged women have become Zimbabwe's hidden weapon against poachers who kill elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns

• Jan 7, 2019

Danai Gurira on why World AIDS Day hits close to home

The "Black Panther" star was born in the U.S. but grew up in Zimbabwe, where she says, "I witnessed its effect on society and communities and families"

• Nov 30, 2018

Zimbabwe facing economic crisis

CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta explains what's behind the economic crisis in Zimbabwe, where debt and hyperinflation are making life increasingly difficult.

• Oct 15, 2018
• 1:47

Poachers threaten rare South African abalone

Poachers linked to drug gangs are threatening the existence of an extremely rare sea snail in South Africa called abalone. They're mainly eaten in China and other Asian countries. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta gives CBSN an exclusive look at the crisis.

• Sep 20, 2018
• 9:56

Zimbabwe election results to be challenged in court

The vote in late July was the first election since the end of former president Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, and it was supposed to signal a move toward stability

• Aug 17, 2018

Zimbabwe election results being challenged

Zimbabwe's presidential election results are set to be challenged in court. This comes as the opposition party claims the presidential vote was rigged by the electoral commission. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta has been following the latest developments.

• Aug 17, 2018
• 5:53

Zimbabwe opposition calls election results "fake"

Water cannons and police stationed outside headquarters of main opposition party one day after it was raided by authorities

• Aug 3, 2018

Winner declared in Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe election

Opposition supporters protested in Harare over alleged vote-rigging, which led to six deaths Wednesday

• Aug 2, 2018

Zimbabwe protests turn deadly as demonstrators allege fraud in presidential vote

"We categorically denounce the excessive use of force against unarmed civilians," election observers say after Wednesday violence

• Aug 2, 2018

Zimbabwe holds presidential election

Some 5.5 million people have registered to vote in Zimbabwe's presidential election, the first since longtime leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year. Shingai Nyoka, from our partners at BBC News, reports.

• Jul 30, 2018
• 3:10

Zimbabwe holds crucial elections

Zimbabwe is holding crucial elections today. It's the first time in decades former president Robert Mugabe is not on the ballot. Zimbabwean political scientist Dr. Chipo Dendere joins CBSN to explain the latest developments.

• Jul 30, 2018
• 8:09

For 1st time in almost 40 years, a Zimbabwe election without Mugabe

After ruling for decades, 94-year-old Mugabe still voices his preference in a vote that could see a new democracy "sink or swim"

• Jul 30, 2018

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