Zimbabwe

News coverage about Zimbabwe accounts for 0.062% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-1.6%). The average tone of this coverage is -1.97 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.062%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-1.6%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.97
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Zimbabwe coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.06% on 2026-08-200.000.130.25May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Zimbabwe coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.97 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Zimbabwe: 61 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.005.010.0May 26Jun 14Jun 30Jul 11Jul 26Aug 10Aug 20

Diplomacy (1/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Zimbabwe: 87 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.00125250May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Zimbabwe: 87 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

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, 16% of the coverage about Zimbabwe came from outlets based in Zimbabwe — the rest was written from abroad (3,079 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Zimbabwe from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 21.31 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

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

  • Salisbury (6)
  • Masvingo (2)
  • Harare (2)
  • Beitbridge (1)
  • Riverton (1)
  • Boroma (1)
  • Masocha (1)
  • Midlands (1)
  • Nyanga (1)
  • Lake Kariba (1)
  • Kachambwa (1)

Places named in coverage about Zimbabwe on 2026-08-20 (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”).