February 28, 2009
Zimbabwe/Congo-Kinshasa: Teams Fight to Draw in Balanced Game
Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo played to a one-all draw in a balanced game in the second day of play of the African Nations Championship. Read more »
February 26, 2009
Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Seeks U.S. $2 Billion in Aid
Zimbabwe's new unity government is appealing for U.S. $2 billion over the next 10 months to help it deal with emergencies and to kickstart the economy, South Africa's finance… Read more »
February 21, 2009
Zimbabwe: Our Situation is Dire, Tsvangirai Tells Region in Aid Appeal
The new Zimbabwean prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday to appeal for aid to South Africa and other countries in the Southern African… Read more »
February 20, 2009
Zimbabwe: Unity Government May Need Up to U.S.$5 Billion
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that rebuilding his shattered country would require an international aid package of up to five billion U.S. dollars. Read more »
February 11, 2009
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to Pay Civil Servants in Foreign Currency
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 »
Zimbabwe: Cholera Cases Rise Above 70,000
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 »
January 13, 2009
Zimbabwe: Appoint Neutral Interim Govt, Urges Ex-Clinton Aide
Zimbabwe’s Parliament, its only legitimately-elected body, should take the lead in resolving the country’s crisis by legislating for a non-partisan transitional… Read more »
January 06, 2009
Zimbabwe: Rights Group Names And Shames Judges, Lawyers
Human rights lawyers in Harare have issued a blow-by-blow account detailing how the actions - and inaction - of named Zimbabwean judges, magistrates and state lawyers have… Read more »
December 24, 2008
Zimbabwe: Tutu 'Ashamed' of South Africa Over Mugabe
Archbishop Desmond Tutu launched a blistering attack on the South African government on Wednesday for failing to use its influence in the United Nations Security Council to oust… Read more »
December 22, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Blocking Deal, Say Britain, U.S.
Major Western powers have given up on President Robert Mugabe ever agreeing to share power in Zimbabwe. Read more »
December 13, 2008
Zimbabwe: U.S. Pushes UN For Tougher Action
The United States has given notice that it intends pressing the United Nations Security Council to take stronger action against the government of President Robert Mugabe of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Britain, U.S. Caused Cholera, Says Govt
A Zimbabwean cabinet minister has accused Britain, helped by the United States, of masterminding the country's cholera outbreak in a "biological chemical war, a genocidal… Read more »
December 09, 2008
Zimbabwe: State Moving to 'Failed' Status, Says Annan
Zimbabwe was moving rapidly to join countries such as Somalia to become a "full-blown failed state," former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions on Mugabe Elite
Europe has expanded travel and financial sanctions against members of what the British foreign ministry calls President Robert Mugabe's "closest political circle." Read more »
December 08, 2008
Zimbabwe: Annan Says Mugabe Has Failed
Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged Southern African leaders to play a more active role in bringing about a transition to an inclusive government in… Read more »
December 06, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Must Go, Says West
As governance in Zimbabwe continues to crumble and the United Nations reports nearly 14,000 suspected cholera cases, Western powers have stepped up their rhetoric against President… Read more »
November 26, 2008
Zimbabwe: Go! Tsvangirai Tells Mbeki
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has publicly repudiated the mediation of South Africa's former president, Thabo Mbeki, in the country's crisis, while Botswana has… Read more »
November 22, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Bans Annan, Machel, Jimmy Carter
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has barred the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, the former United States President, Jimmy Carter, and the advocate for the… Read more »
November 10, 2008
Zimbabwe: Regional Leaders Decide Against Tsvangirai
Southern Africa's leaders have told Zimbabwe's two main parties to form a unity government and to share control of the ministry which supervises the country's police force, but… Read more »
November 09, 2008
Zimbabwe: Summit Tells Leaders to 'Show Maturity'
South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe opened an extraordinary summit of southern African leaders on Sunday with a call to Zimbabwean leaders to "show political maturity" by… Read more »
November 06, 2008
Zimbabwe: South Africa Takes Hard Line Over Talks
The South African government will be taking a hard line with Zimbabwean political parties at a summit meeting this weekend over their failure to agree on a power-sharing cabinet,… Read more »
November 04, 2008
Zimbabwe: Botswana's Khama Calls For New Election
President Ian Khama of Botswana has called for Zimbabwe's contested presidential election to be re-run under international supervision. Read more »
October 28, 2008
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Party Lashes Out at Mugabe
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has blamed the continuing impasse in talks on a power-sharing government on "the lack of sincerity and good faith" of President… Read more »
October 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: South Africa's Motlanthe Joins Talks
Zimbabwe's protracted negotiations on the formation of a power-sharing government moved to Swaziland on Monday, where key leaders of the Southern African Development… Read more »
October 18, 2008
Zimbabwe: Cabinet Dispute Goes to SADC on Monday
The dispute over the allocation of ministries in Zimbabwe's power-sharing government has been referred to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after four days of talks… Read more »











