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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Zimbabwe.

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Events

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January

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  • 20 January - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe makes his first public appearance in several weeks.[1]

February

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  • 18 February - Former United States congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds is arrested in Zimbabwe for possession of pornography.[2]

May

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  • 12 May - Sharon Pincott gave up her 13 year battle monitoring, recording and helping to protect Zimbabwe's flagship herd of elephants which bear the President's identity, after land grabs in Presidential Elephant areas in Hwange, unethical practices and heightened attempts at intimidation became overwhelming.[3]

November

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  • 21 November - A stampede in Kwekwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.[4]

December

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  • 18 December - Zimbabwean Bond Coins for 1 Cent, 5, 10, and 25 Cents were released into circulation in an attempt to ease the shortage of small change.

References

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  1. ^ "Zimbabwe's Mugabe appears in public, ending death rumors". 20 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Former US congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe". 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "The fate of the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe: A Conversation with Sharon Pincott". 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "11 killed in Zimbabwe stadium stampede". 21 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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