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• Two Well Known Diamond Dealers Nabbed at Tollgate

  A couple of illegal diamond dealers were arrested in Mutare. A couple of illegal diamond dealers were arrested on Friday after they were discovered to be hiding diamonds in their car.

• Zimbabwe will not charge U.S. dentist for killing Cecil the lion

  Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing its most prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a Cabinet minister said on Monday, angering conservationists.

• Zimbabwe court charges South Africans over attempt to export wildlife

  A Zimbabwean court has charged three South African men with illegally capturing 29 sable antelopes and attempting to export them without a permit, the local parks authority said on Sunday.

• Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwe lion to return to work Tuesday: report

  The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Zimbabwean lion Cecil sparked global outcry from animal lovers has maintained that the hunt was legal and says he plans to work on Tuesday, U.S. media reported.

• Zimbabwe lifts hunting ban imposed after killing of Cecil the lion: U.S. report

  Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on big game hunting outside a national park 10 days after imposing the moratorium following the illegal killing of the country's most prized lion, NBC News in the United States reported on Monday.

• Zimbabwe calls for extradition of Cecil the lion's killer

  The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion was a "foreign poacher" who paid for an illegal hunt and he should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face justice, environment minister Oppah Muchinguri said on Friday.

• Killing of Cecil the lion triggers probe by U.S. agency: source

  The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by American dentist and trophy hunter Walter Palmer is being investigated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to see if it was part of a conspiracy to violate U.S. laws against illegal wildlife trading, a source close to the case said.

• Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 90, becomes African Union chairman

  Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body's relations with the West.

• Zimbabwe's Mugabe tightens grip on party, to choose successor

  Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe has changed the constitution of his ruling ZANU-PF party to allow him to directly appoint his deputies, giving the 90-year-old sole power to anoint his successor, party sources said on Sunday.

• African police arrests ex-US congressman over immigration and pornography charges

  State Journal, citing a report by a local newspaper, said former US Representative Melvin Jay Reynolds had several women and local models into his hotel room to take photos and videos of a pornographic nature.