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Zimbabwe: Opposition Appeals to SADC, AU and UN Over Violence
News24Wire, 26 July 2017
Zimbabwe's main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has appealed to regional and international bodies to rein in President Robert Mugabe over an upsurge in… Read more »
Fears of Political Violence Rise Ahead of Zimbabwe Election
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai has appealed to the UN, SADC and the AU to intervene in Zimbabwe to avoid a repeat of the 2008 election violence as the Southern African country gears up for elections next year. President Robert Mugabe has called for his Zanu-PF supporters to 'beat-up people going around perpetrating violence using the ruling party's name'.
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Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Violence Could Cause Civil War - Opposition
New Zimbabwe, 26 July 2017
In the face of increased politically motivated violence ahead of the 2018 elections, the MDC-T has warned Zanu PF to allow other parties to campaign freely as failure to do so… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: High Court Judge Says Opposition Headquarters A Hub of Violence
New Zimbabwe, 25 July 2017
Priscilla Chigumba on Tuesday reserved the ruling on the bail application by three MDC-T activists facing charges of murdering a police officer to Wednesday after describing the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Youths in Court Over Protest - Granted Bail
New Zimbabwe, 25 July 2017
Six of the seven MDC-T activists arrested last Saturday for staging an illegal demonstration demanding electoral reforms were Monday granted $100 bail each Monday by a city… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Supporters in Dock Over Demonstration
The Herald, 25 July 2017
Seven MDC-T supporters appeared before a Gweru magistrate yesterday for allegedly holding an illegal demonstration in the city centre on Satur- day. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Kick Them, Punish Them' - Mugabe's Call for Violence 'Worrying'
News24Wire, 22 July 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 93, says his Zanu-PF supporters should beat-up people going around perpetrating violence using the ruling party's name. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Political Violence On the Rise in Zimbabwe
HRW, 20 July 2017
On Tuesday night, unidentified assailants burned down a bar in Harare owned by Elias Mudzuri, the deputy president of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, MDC-T. Mudzuri and several… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Stop Acts of Violence - MDC-T Warns Zanu-PF
263Chat, 20 July 2017
The Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has send warning shots to the ruling Zanu PF following recent spate of violence targeted at opposition supporters… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Rise in Political Temperatures As Nation Gears for Polls
New Zimbabwe, 20 July 2017
Political temperatures are hotting up as Zimbabweans brace for elections slated for 2018 with hardly a day passing without political parties and ordinary citizens talking about the… Read more »
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Police in Harare have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse dozens of opposition supporters protesting what they say are plans to rig next year's presidential election. ... Read more »
