Growing pressure from poaching and human encroachment has driven hundreds of elephants to migrate across Zimbabwe’s borders and at least one leopard to stalk an upmarket suburb of the capital, conservationists said Monday.

Zimbabwe’s state media expressed unrestrained glee Wednesday at the pending departure of U.S. Ambassador James McGee, who has frequently clashed with President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe’s central bank governor admits he took money from the bank accounts of private businesses and foreign aid groups without permission to keep the country’s cash-strapped ministries running.

Zimbabweans are celebrating independence from Britain in an unusually nonpartisan atmosphere, with President Robert Mugabe denouncing violence and calling for an end to sanctions.

A multiparty fact-finding delegation got a chilly reception Friday as it toured Zimbabwean farms seized from whites by supporters of President Robert Mugabe.

Conservationists raised the alarm Thursday for Zimbabwe’s rare rhinos after a sharp increase in poaching because of a breakdown of law enforcement in this troubled southern African country.

President Robert Mugabe and longtime political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai sat side by side Saturday at a state funeral that was seen as a symbolic step for their parties’ month-old coalition.

A prominent member of the prime minister’s party arrested last month on weapons charges has been released on bail.

President Robert Mugabe joined hundreds of Zimbabweans Tuesday to mourn the wife of the prime minister, wishing his rival-turned-coalition partner strength for the nation-building work ahead.

A small church service is under way in Zimbabwe for the wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who was killed in a car crash last week.