Nobel Peace Prize Nominees 2009 List: Not Available till 2059

Due to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, lists of nominations are held for 50 years, so the official list of the Nobel Peace Prize Nominees for 2009 will not be available until at least 2059. In 2009 there were 205 names submitted for the Nobel Peace Prize; 33 of them...

Australia Pledges $10 Million in Aid to Zimbabwe

Every now and then I'll hear something in the news that makes me proud that I am from Australia.  Today Australia is pledging aid and money to those less fortunate in Zimbabwe. Australia has an embassy in...

Mugabe at Susan Tsvangirai Memorial Service

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe spoke at a memorial service on Tuesday for Susan Tsvangirai, the wife of the country's prime minister, who was killed in a car crash last week.  The 85-year-old leader said he was "sincerely saddened" by her death. " "We are doing our...

Prime Minister Tsvangirai recovering in hospital

Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai was last night broadcast on television in a hospital bed with a neck brace on.His official car was involved in a collision near his rural home in Buhera with a truck, his...

Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai Injured, Wife Killed, in Car Crash

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife Susan has been killed after the couple were involved in a car crash outside of Harare on Friday. "URGENT -- Morgan Tsvangirai's wife has died in the car crash...

Zimbabwe state employees to be paid in US dollars

The Zimbabwean government has decided civil servants will receive their salaries in US dollars in future. Hyperinflation has rendered the Zimbabwean dollar worthless. The government believes it is important for police officers, teachers and civil servants to receive a decent...

What Will a $100 Trillion Banknote Buy?

A week's supply of foodfor a family.One US penny is worth $3 billion Zimbabwe."The new 100,000,000,000,000 Zim-dollar bill would have been worth about 300 US dollars (225 euros) at Thursday's exchange rate on the...

Opposition Zimbabwe rejects Thabo Mbeki as mediator

After losing the ANC-presidency to rival Jacob Zuma and being axed as South Africa's head of state, Thabo Mbeki has been again rejected. This time by Zimbabwe's main opposition party Movement For Democratic Change...

Mbeki in Zimbabwe to Negotiate Power-Sharing Dispute

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki met with Robert Mugabe, current president of Zimbabwe, and Morgan Tsvangirai, his main rival today in order to try to save the power-sharing deal the leaders had been working on. The deal is almost off the table after Mugabe...

Zimbabwe unity cabinet talks fail

Talks between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai have failed in Zimbabwe. They signed a power-sharing deal about three weeks ago, but talks have failed to reach an agreement on a unity cabinet."It was agreed that Mr Mugabe - Zimbabwe's leader for three decades - would remain...

Power Sharing Deal Reached in Zimbabwe

The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano   President Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai have reached a power sharing deal in Zimbabwe, Africa.  This is good news and...

Zimbabwe: SA's Mbeki to Hold Yet Another Emergency Meeting

" Posted to the web 3 September 2008 Alex Bell.  South African President Thabo Mbeki is reportedly set to return to Harare this week in yet another attempt to break the deadlock in Zimbabwe's power...

Mugabe aide tells West to 'go hang'

Zimbabwe's leadership finds itself in further controversy following Robert Mugabe's re-election as president. "Robert Mugabe's spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can "go hang" amid growing criticism of the...

Robert Mugabe Threatens Violence If He Loses Election

"Mugabe said the veterans of the war of independence in 1980 had approached him after the first round of voting in March and threatened to take up arms again if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai wins the June 27 runoff."

Criticisms mount as Zimbabwe heads towards runoff election

There is growing concern from both domestic and international observers about politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe as that country prepares for a runoff election in June 27th.Opposition leader Morgan...

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