Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined the chorus initiated by the Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in calling Mugabe to resign. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also united in calling for the same. ...
According to latest reports from the BBC, the SADC [Southern Africa Development Community] Talks aimed at resolving the situation in Zimbabwe has broken down. Both sides claimed irreconcilable differences while the UN insisted that there should be talks. The SADC has stated...
Michael Jackson in his album "Thriller" recorded the song with the catchy verse "Do You Wanna Be Startin Somethin?" Many people are asking the same question in Southern Africa. Is it true that the MDC is concerned...
According to reports from ABC-Radio Australia which I heard on my shortwave radio on the 18TH of October 2008 at 8:00AM EST, the power sharing deal between Mugabe and the opposition MDC is in the process of breaking down. The reasons are secondary to the selection of cabinet...
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...
Disagreement over key cabinet positions in the fledgling Zimbabwean government is threatening to dissolve the shaky coalition before it can even complete itself as Robert Mugabe claims key government roles for his...
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The beleaguered talks between rival parties ZANU-PF and MDC have failed to cement a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even a s the opposition finds its...
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In a surprising move, MDC chairman Lovemore Moyo was voted the first opposition speaker since the country's independence in 1980. Two MDC law-makers were arrested at the ceremony, after Moyo narrowly beat Mugabe-backed MDC candidate Paul Themba Nyathi 110 to 98. "As the MPs...
Update: the summit between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition MDC continues after three days. Reports that Morgan Tsvangirai, opposition leader, has abandoned the talks have been denied by Tsvangirai himself and Thabo Mbeki, President of neighboring South...
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The world is waiting in anticipation after it was announced that the Zimbabwe talks had stalled and were taking a few days off.The official story running on the wire and other news services is that both sides are at an impasse over what position and powers Morgan Tsvangirai,...
Robert Mugabe has been warned by Thabo Mbeki that he will face prosecution for the crimes he has committed during his 28 years in power in Zimbabwe, unless he signs a deal to give up all effective power."Mbeki,...
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The two supposed President's of Zimbabwe met today for the first in a series of negotiations designed to end the bloodshed and economic turmoil that has enveloped the country since the failed March elections. Some people think it's just a cop out, and don't trust Mugabe to...
As Zimbabwe announces that it will start a renewed crackdown on opposition leaders, lawmakers and activists in the coming days, South Africa's ruling party has turned on the pressure.."African National Congress leaders have urged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to...
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In yet another disgusting act of violence in Zimbabwe, a baby boy had both legs broken by Mugabe supporters supposedly to punish is father for being an opposition councillor.The boy, ironically named 'Blessing'...
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Ahead of Presidential elections in Zimbabwe on friday President Mugabe has rejected all the calls of calling off elections. He lambasted British government for its policy on Zimbabwe. "Zimbabwe's...
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