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Zimbabwe: New Govt to Axe Central Banker, Attorney-General?
Zimbabwe Standard, 16 February 2009
PRIME MINISTER Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said the fate of Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana would be "first on the agenda" of the new… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Cholera Cases Rise Above 70,000
allAfrica, 11 February 2009
The number of Zimbabweans infected with cholera has risen above 70,000, a new update released by the World Health Organisation has stated. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to Pay Civil Servants in Foreign Currency
allAfrica, 11 February 2009
Newly-inaugurated Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has pledged to pay health workers, teachers, soldiers, police officers and civil service professionals in foreign… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Underwhelming Confidence in Power-Sharing Deal
UNIRIN, 2 February 2009
The jury is still out in Zimbabwe about how effective the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, will be in the role of prime minister. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Full Cabinet List Out
The Herald, 13 February 2009
THE full list of ministerial appointees was announced yesterday by President Mugabe, who is set to swear them in today to finalise the formation of the inclusive Government in line… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Bloated Cabinet Comes at Price
IWPR, 12 February 2009
The 46-member cabinet of the new inclusive government will be sworn in February 13 as the largest and most costly in the history of post-independence Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Sworn in as Prime Minister
BuaNews, 11 February 2009
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken an oath to serve Zimbabwe under the title of Prime Minister. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Pledges Democracy, Food Aid, Civil Service Salaries in Foreign Currency
Movement for Democratic Change, 11 February 2009
The following is the text of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration speech, released by the Movement for Democratic Change in Harare on Wednesday: Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 94 Percent of Schools Fail to Open
UNIRIN, 10 February 2009
About 94 percent of Zimbabwe's rural schools - where most children are educated - failed to open this year, the UN Children's Fund said on 10 February 2009. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: A Herculean Task Ahead
Daily Trust, 17 February 2009
After many months of dithering, the world must have greeted with caution, the latest accord which installed Morgan Tsvangirai as the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Devil in the Detail
UNIRIN, 10 February 2009
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), says he has managed to win key concessions from President Robert Mugabe ahead of being… Read more »