Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites

STORY: Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:09:08 LOCATION: BEATRICE, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a local villager in a withered maize field 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): JANE CHARI, Local villager 3. various of withered maize and farmers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona): ERINA MAZWI, Local farmer 5. various of withered maize 6. various of farmer inspecting the withered 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona): FARAI MAWARIRE, Farmer 8. various of farmer 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Shona): FARAI MAWARIRE, Farmer 10. various of a maize field on irrigation 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): GILBERT MUKATYEI, Farmer 12. various of more green healthy maize and withered maize STORYLINE: Holding hands behind her back, Jane Chari looked at her wilting maize crop in a parched field in Beatrice, about 40 km to the southwest of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. The 64-year-old grandmother's hope for a harvest is now all but evaporated in the arid air. A dry spell has persisted

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(240228) -- BEATRICE (ZIMBABWE), Feb. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Farai Mawarire holds a wilting maize plant at his farm in Beatrice, about 40 km to the southwest of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Feb. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites

Zimbabwe anticipates energy sufficiency as oil and gas exploration continues

STORY: Zimbabwe anticipates energy sufficiency as oil and gas exploration continues DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of drilling rigs 2. various of workers working on site 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL CHIMBODZA, Managing Director of Geo Associates, Invictus, Zimbabwe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL CHIMBODZA, Managing Director of Geo Associates, Invictus, Zimbabwe 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FARAI MAGUWU, Director of the Center for Natural Resources Governance STORYLINE: Australia-listed Invictus Energy is currently exploring oil and gas in northern Zimbabwe, and a commercial discovery is expected to be a game changer in the country's quest to become energy-sufficient. Earlier this year, the company confirmed the presence of gas condensate and light oil reserves in the Muzarabani area near the Mozambican and Zambian borders, but some technical challenges prevented the extraction of a sample from an exploration well to meet requirements for de