Zimbabwe’s Lithium Boom, a Mirage of Wealth Amid Water Crisis

Zimbabwe’s mineral-rich terrain has been centralized with lithium, the country’s so-called ‘white gold.’ Touted as the key to a greener future, lithium boom has captivated government leaders and global investors. Yet beneath the shimmering promise lies a silent crisis, water. In a nation grappling with prolonged droughts, failing reservoirs, and shrinking wetlands, the question that…

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How Zimbabwe’s Climate Shocks Are Being Recast as Moral Punishment

Across Zimbabwe’s parched fields and flooded lowlands, two competing explanations for calamity are spreading. Scientists point to El Niño, changing rainfall patterns, deforestation and weak water management. But an increasingly loud counter-narrative — repeated at pulpits, in private Facebook groups, on X/Twitter and on TikTok — insists that droughts, floods and cyclones are moral punishments…

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