Cracks Widen in Mugabe's ZANU PF Party
Region: Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-Cracks widened last week in Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party on how to handle a power sharing agreement with their main political rival, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Par... more
Views: 1082Zimbabwe's Cholera Outbreak Spreads Countrywide
Region: Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-A chronic cholera outbreak in Harare that left dozens dead last month has spread countrywide, as health officials struggle to tame the water-borne disease, bringing the death toll to more than 200, according to a ... more
Views: 938Frustration as Zimbabwe Talks Miss Deadline
Region: Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans say politicians seem too worried about their own futures to think of wider problems. By Joseph Nhlanhla in Bulawayo As the deadline set for talks between Zimbabwe’s rival parties expired on August 4, ma... more
Views: 1676Rally Demands Free Elections, End of Zimbabwe Government Violence
Region: District of Columbia
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW Nearly 100 trade unionists and other worker justice activists marched outside Zimbabwe’s embassy in Washington, D.C., yesterday demanding fair and free elections and an end to... more
Views: 1501Peace Talks on Agenda in Zimbabwe—Eventually
Region: Zimbabwe
Posted by findingDulcinea Staff President Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement Monday to hold talks about a possible unity government in the divided country. The agreement, the fruit of ... more
Views: 1174Zimbabwe's Politics of the Empty Stomach
Region: Zimbabwe
In the run-up to the June presidential run-off elections in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe's government banned the distribution of food to poor people by NGOs. The government accused NGOs of using food to campai... more
Views: 1446Unsettling Times for Zimbabweans in the UK
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Britain is home to hundreds of thousand of economic and political exiles, who follow developments in Zimbabwe with a mixture of fear and dread. By Jennifer Koons in London The large-scale migration of Zimbabweans to the ... more
Views: 1225Bloggers Examine Why China Vetoed Zimbabwe Sanctions
Region: China
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Earlier this year China sent a boatload of weapons to Zimbabwe just following the country's controversial presidential election. Following accusations of political ... more
Views: 1118Tsvangirai Facing Critical Choices
Region: Zimbabwe
No one is quite clear what the opposition’s next step will be, but any delay will benefit the president most. By Mike Nyoni in Harare Zimbabwe’s political stalemate looks set to continue as President Robert M... more
Views: 936G8 Leaders Agree To Place Slap Zimbabwe With Stricter Sanctions
Region: JapanIt may have seemed a bit unfathomable at first. Several months ago, the main issue of the G8 summit to be hosted in Hokkaido, Japan, would be combating climate change. Then, the main issue would be shifting to combating ri... more
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