April 23, 2008
Zimbabwe: U.S. Urges Blocking of Arms Shipment
The United States has urged southern African governments to block a shipment of arms destined for Zimbabwe from being transported overland to the landlocked country. Read more »
April 21, 2008
Zimbabwe: Unions Mobilize to Stop Weapons
The governments of both Mozambique and Tanzania have refused to allow a Chinese ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe to offload its cargo in their ports, a South African… Read more »
April 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: UN Chief Raises Polls Crisis With Africa
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced in Ghana that he is to raise the Zimbabwe crisis with African leaders during his current visit to West Africa. Read more »
April 19, 2008
Zimbabwe: Govt Sources Confirm Terror Campaign
Zimbabwean generals and government officials have told journalists reporting for Western newspapers that the military has taken charge of the process of intimidating voters and… Read more »
April 18, 2008
South Africa: Workers Vow to Stop Zimbabwe Weapons
South African union members vowed on Friday to stop the delivery to Zimbabwe of a consignment of weapons from China which reportedly includes three million rounds of small arms… Read more »
April 17, 2008
Zimbabwe: 'Things Have Gone Wrong,' Says Mbeki
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has told a news conference at the United Nations that "things… have gone wrong in Zimbabwe," while at home his Cabinet has… Read more »
April 16, 2008
Zimbabwe: UN Chief Calls for 'Decisive Action' on Polls
The international community, led by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has signalled its growing impatience with the failure of southern African governments to resolve… Read more »
Zimbabwe: UN Chief Presses for Election Results
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected on Wednesday to ask members of the Security Council – chaired this month by South Africa – to step up pressure… Read more »
April 14, 2008
Zimbabwe: Court Rejects Bid to Publish Polls Results
Zimbabwe's High Court has refused to order the release of the results of the presidential election held 16 days ago. Read more »
April 13, 2008
Zimbabwe: Regional Leaders Call for Election Results
Southern African heads of state called on Zimbabwe's election authorities on Sunday to verify and release election results speedily and "in accordance with the due process of… Read more »
April 12, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Not in Dock, Says Zambian President
President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia opened Saturday's extraordinary summit of Southern African heads of state by saying its purpose was not to put President Robert Mugabe of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt, Allies Attack Zambian President
As southern African heads of state gathered in Lusaka to discuss Zimbabwe's political crisis on Saturday, the Harare government and its allies launched an attack on Zamibian… Read more »
April 11, 2008
Zimbabwe: Rallies Banned As Mugabe Boycotts Summit
Police have banned all political rallies in Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe plans to boycott Saturday's summit of regional leaders called to discuss his country's election… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Stays Away From Regional Summit
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will not attend Saturday's extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community, called to discuss his country's election crisis. Read more »
April 09, 2008
Africa: Developed Countries Can Help Cut Mothers' Deaths
Countries in Africa have among the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Read more »
April 05, 2008
Zimbabwe: Opposition's Tsvangirai Claims Presidency
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reasserted on Saturday that it had won outright last week's presidential election and signalled its reluctance to go into a second… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Bar Opposition From Court
Police have stopped lawyers for Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) from entering the High Court in Harare, where they were scheduled to ask for an order… Read more »
April 04, 2008
Zimbabwe: Academic Challenged U.S. 'Pseudo-Democratic' Policies
As a professor of Politics who teaches in the African studies program at the University of San Francisco, a progressive activist, a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement and other… Read more »
April 03, 2008
Zimbabwe: Journalists Arrested, Opposition Offices Raided
Two foreign journalists were detained and rooms used by Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change were reportedly raided on Thursday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Election Observers Are Not Solidarity Missions
Zimbabwe’s elections have been given a stamp of approval by a number of observer missions from intergovernmental organizations invited by the Zimbabwean government. Read more »
April 02, 2008
Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Loses Parliament
Zimbabwe's official election commission has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), the party which has ruled the country for nearly 30 years,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Claims Outright Election Victory
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won an outright victory in the country's presidential elections. But it says that if… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Claims Outright Election Victory
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won an outright victory in the country's presidential elections. But it says that if… Read more »
April 01, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe to Step Down?
A deal is being negotiated in Zimbabwe in which President Robert Mugabe would step down after being in power for nearly 28 years, news agencies reported Tuesday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Monitors Question Fairness of Election
An experienced southern African election monitoring group has judged Zimbabwe's electoral process "severely wanting in respect of fairness." Read more »