Zimbabwe opposition strikers face police crackdown

Can a strike have much effect when the unemployment rate is already at more than 80 percent?" HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition supporters face the prospect of a heavy crackdown by security forces Tuesday if they heed a call to launch a general strike...

Zimbabwe Journalist Slain

Police in Zimbabwe's capital city have opened a murder investigation into the death of independent journalist Edward Chikombo, whose body was found March 31. Chikombo  died from injuries inflicted by an unknown assailant. Chikombo, a cameraman who had left his position...