April 05, 2008
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 »
Zimbabwe: What Are the True Results?
With Zimbabwe's election results trickling out in what appears to be a heavily-manipulated process, what are the true results, particularly of the presidential polls? Read more »
March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe: Reporters Fill Gaps in Polls Coverage
Media seeking to provide comprehensive coverage of the Zimbabwean elections face a dilemma: how to report the official results from the electoral commission in Harare - which began… Read more »
March 29, 2008
Zimbabwe: Question Marks Hang Over Polls
As Zimbabweans queued in long lines to vote on Saturday, an experienced African election monitor warned that they went to the polls with many "question marks" hanging… Read more »
March 28, 2008
Zimbabwe: Washington Looks At Landmark Polls
As Zimbabweans head to landmark polls Saturday to elect a new president, few observers expect a truly fair outcome. Many flaws in the electoral process are obvious, from legal… Read more »
March 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: Agency Acts to Stop Election Food Aid Abuse
The World Food Programme, determined to prevent food aid in Zimbabwe from being used to influence voters in this month's national elections, is speeding up the delivery of its food… Read more »
February 18, 2008
Africa: Bush Calls For Free Polls in Zimbabwe
U.S. President George W. Bush used visits to Benin and Tanzania at the weekend to call for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, to support a power-sharing deal in Kenya and to… Read more »
January 29, 2008
Africa: Bush Proposes More Funds for Aids Fight
United States President George W. Bush has asked Congress to vote an extra U.S. $30 billion for the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) over the next five years. Read more »
January 17, 2008
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Talks Reach Crunch Point
The Southern African Development Community's point person on Zimbabwe, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, flew to Harare on Thursday amid indications that talks to resolve the… Read more »
December 14, 2007
Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief
A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »
December 11, 2007
Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »
December 04, 2007
Zimbabwe: U.S. Tightens Sanctions Screw
The United States is to bar the children of some Zimbabwean officials from studying in the United States. Read more »
October 02, 2007
Zimbabwe: Senegal's President Plans Visit
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has announced plans to visit Zimbabwe this month to suggest an African Union-led mediation process to President Robert Mugabe. Wade told a… Read more »
September 25, 2007
Zimbabwe: Stop Rights Violations Now, Says Tutu
South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday made a new attack on human rights violations in Zimbabwe. He said in a statement he was "devastated" by the… Read more »
September 18, 2007
Zimbabwe: Crisis Group Backs SADC Talks
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) initiative to promote a negotiated political solution in Zimbabwe offers the only realistic way out of the current crisis, and the… Read more »
September 11, 2007
Zimbabwe: Fierce Mugabe Critic Resigns Over Scandal
Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, the fierce critic of the Mugabe government who faces court action over an allegation that he had an affair with a married woman, has resigned his… Read more »
September 05, 2007
Zimbabwe: U.S. Food Company Sold to Govt After 15-Month Review
The leading American food manufacturer, H.J. Heinz Company, says its sale to the Zimbabwe government of a local subsidiary is in the best interests of both Heinz and its Zimbabwean… Read more »
