March 30, 2026
Two forestry and sawmill companies along with a Swiss-German family have told a D.C. federal court that a recent decision from Britain's top court rejecting Zimbabwe's sovereign immunity defense in a related case shows that $440 million of arbitral awards can be enforced.
February 26, 2025
The Republic of Zimbabwe is opposing a bid for summary judgment by a Swiss-German family and two forestry and sawmill companies several months after the D.C. Circuit ruled that a lower court could enforce $440 million worth of arbitral awards against the country.
October 23, 2023
Zimbabwe's effort to reverse the D.C. federal court's finding of jurisdiction over litigation to enforce $440 million in arbitration awards against the country can move forward, a D.C. federal judge ruled, rejecting two Zimbabwean companies' plea to certify the appeal as frivolous.
September 11, 2023
Two companies that won a $164 million arbitration award against Zimbabwe stemming from the country's controversial program to return land to its indigenous population urged a D.C. federal judge to shut down Zimbabwe's "frivolous" appeal over the court's rejection of its sovereign immunity defense, and to instead grant the companies a quick win.
August 10, 2023
Zimbabwe can't escape twin lawsuits aimed at enforcing a pair of arbitral awards that, together, hold the country liable for $440.3 million, a federal judge said, ruling that the enforcement litigation is appropriate for U.S. court even though the petitioners aren't American.
December 20, 2022
Two forestry companies that say Zimbabwe illegally seized their land in a campaign to return the country to its indigenous Black population are again urging a D.C. federal court to retain their enforcement bid over a $164 million arbitral award, claiming the suit is valid under U.S. law.
September 06, 2022
Several groups seeking to enforce arbitral judgments against Zimbabwe totaling more than $440 million must serve the African nation again, after a D.C. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that their original enforcement notices were improperly addressed to the country's dead foreign minister.
February 04, 2022
Zimbabwe has asked a District of Columbia federal court to pause a $164 million arbitration award suit being litigated by two companies, arguing that dueling motions in a separate arbitration award suit against the country should be decided first.
September 16, 2021
A forestry and sawmill company initiated litigation Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to enforce a more than $164 million arbitral award it won against Zimbabwe after the country seized its forestry plantation to redistribute the land to the indigenous population.