Zimbabwe Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Zimbabwe with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Zimbabwe. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=zw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=zw" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "zw", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "zw",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "zw",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=zw&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 17100,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "45f6cc72b4ce49f376f02d85766d6797",
            "title": "Afrobarometer finds mixed perceptions of Zimbabwe’s democratic progress under Mnangagwa",
            "description": "AFROBAROMETER’s latest report has revealed mixed public perceptions of Zimbabwe’s democracy over the past five years, with one in five citizens believing the country has become more democratic under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.",
            "content": "AFROBAROMETER’s latest report has revealed mixed public perceptions of Zimbabwe’s democracy over the past five years, with one in five citizens believing the country has become more democratic under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.\nAlth... [1904 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com/afrobarometer-finds-mixed-perceptions-of-zimbabwes-democratic-progress-under-mnangagwa/",
            "image": "https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newzimlive/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/07033353/Emmerson-Mnangagwa.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:05:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b5634ecb88c17024238d0aebec34ae73",
                "name": "NewZimbabwe.com",
                "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "871eb7d62bc68b85c5d8744b9b65b0af",
            "title": "ERC Africa calls for voter registration blitz after ZEC handover",
            "description": "THE Election Resource Centre (ERC) Africa has called on the Registrar-General to conduct a nationwide voter registration blitz and immediately launch a voters’ roll inspection campaign following the transfer of voter registration functions from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The electoral advocacy organisation said the measures were necessary to ensure eligible citizens could register to […]",
            "content": "THE Election Resource Centre (ERC) Africa has called on the Registrar-General to conduct a nationwide voter registration blitz and immediately launch a voters’ roll inspection campaign following the transfer of voter registration functions from the Z... [3105 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com/erc-africa-calls-for-voter-registration-blitz-after-zec-handover/",
            "image": "https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newzimlive/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/22195856/Voting-ink.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:03:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b5634ecb88c17024238d0aebec34ae73",
                "name": "NewZimbabwe.com",
                "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "579938c9776c8b8692256d664814332f",
            "title": "Kariba power water allocation slashed to 23 billion cubic metres for 2027",
            "description": "THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has slashed water allocations for power generation at Kariba Dam to 23 billion cubic metres (BCM) in 2027, warning of a potentially dry season due to El Niño conditions. The allocation, which will be shared equally between Zambia’s ZESCO Limited and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), gives each utility 11.5 BCM, […]",
            "content": "THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has slashed water allocations for power generation at Kariba Dam to 23 billion cubic metres (BCM) in 2027, warning of a potentially dry season due to El Niño conditions.\nThe allocation, which will be shared equally b... [2579 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com/kariba-power-water-allocation-slashed-to-23-billion-cubic-metres-for-2027/",
            "image": "https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newzimlive/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/04140213/Kariba-Dam.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:00:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b5634ecb88c17024238d0aebec34ae73",
                "name": "NewZimbabwe.com",
                "url": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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