A DEBT write-off promised to Zimbabwe by France will depend on the outcome of the ongoing meetings between Zimbabwe and the Bretton Woods institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

THE British minister responsible for Africa says Zimbabweans who booed and jeered at Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai during an address at London's Southwark Cathedral were failed asylum seekers who had their own agenda.

VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru last week met with a British minister and discussed moves to normalise relations between the two countries.

BUSINESSMAN Nicholas Von Hessen (popularly known as Van Hoogstraten) was on Monday acquitted of exchange control violations and another charge of illegally possessing pornographic material.

A SENIOR official in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party will stand trial in Zimbabwe in October on terrorism charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday.