Zimbabwe

News coverage about Zimbabwe accounts for 0.067% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is down 37.1% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -1.25 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.067%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-37.1%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.25
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Zimbabwe coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.07% on 2026-10-040.000.250.50Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Zimbabwe coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.25 on 2026-10-04+100-10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Zimbabwe: 54 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-10-020.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 16Jul 28Aug 10Aug 29Sep 17Oct 2

Diplomacy (13/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Zimbabwe: 91 days, latest 13.00 on 2026-10-040.00125250Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coercion & force (5/day latest)

Coercive events located in Zimbabwe: 88 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 20Oct 3

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Zimbabwe, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 12% of the coverage about Zimbabwe came from outlets based in Zimbabwe — the rest was written from abroad (2,870 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Zimbabwe from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 20.99 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

Share of articles about Zimbabwe produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Harare (9)
  • Marondera (3)
  • Hurungwe (3)
  • Zvimba (3)
  • Gwanda (1)
  • Kariba (1)
  • Cowdray Park (1)

Places named in coverage about Zimbabwe on 2026-10-04 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Zimbabwe

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$51.2B
World Bank, 2025
Population
17.0M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
41.5%
World Bank, 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.4%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
6,632
originating from Zimbabwe
Refugees hosted
8,570
from other countries
Asylum seekers
9,495
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Zimbabwe-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).