Zimbabwe
ANC leader Zuma opposes sending troops to Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG - South African ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma said on Thursday he opposed a military solution to Zimbabwe's crisis and backed a diplomatic push to press its political parties to form a unity government.
UN slams SADC, orders Zimbabwe to receive its envoy
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday it should urgently receive the U.N. special envoy for the country, which he said faced "economic, social and political collapse."...
All you need to know about Amendment 19
JOHANNESBURG - The future of Zimbabwe hangs on the thread of a power-sharing deal that the opposition parties claim waters down their recent electoral successes and the government interprets as an agreement that allows the opposition - seen as fifth columnists for renewed colonisation - to have a major stake in government and reverse the gains of its revolution....
Disgruntled Soldiers attacked Airforce Supremo
HARARE - ZIMBABWE Defence Forces chiefs are desparately reviewing their personal security, after air force supremo Perence Shiri was shot, allegedly by disgruntled soldiers, who are threatening to escalate attacks on government officials in the wake of economic meltdown....
SADC leaders laughs off Botswana bandits fiction
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's neighbours do not believe allegations that opposition militants are training in Botswana to try to overthrow Robert Mugabe, the leader of the main regional bloc said Wednesday. ...Travel Warning: US Government urges its citizens not to travel to Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON - The United States government issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Zimbabwe due to deteriorating safety and security conditions, and urges them to carefully consider their need to travel there....
Motlanthe hopes for Zimbabwe government this week
PRETORIA, - South African President Kgalema Motlanthe expressed hope on Wednesday that Zimbabwe's rival political parties will form a government this week and said he would not join calls for President Robert Mugabe to step dowm....
Mugabe and Tsvangirai should both go: thinktank
LONDON - President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should both step aside to allow a neutral administration to tackle Zimbabwe's crisis and prepare for a new election, a thinktank has proposed....
SADC launches urgent aid for Zimbabwe
PRETORIA - Zimbabwe's neighbours will launch an urgent humanitarian campaign in the hope of saving the country from economic collapse and a cholera epidemic, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday....
Australia toughens sanctions on Zimbabwe
CANBERRA - Australia strengthened its targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday, but also announced more aid for the victims of the country's cholera outbreak....
MDC councillors 'arrested'
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change on Tuesday accused the authorities of a instigating a crackdown on its members by arresting three of its councillors ahead of the ruling party's annual conference this week. ...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma blocks UN condemnation of Mugabe
NEW YORK - Hours after the United Nations reported that the cholera death toll in Zimbabwe had reached 978, the UN security Council failed to issue a resolution on the humanitarian crisis due to South Africa's opposition...
Zimbabwe Soldiers warn of more riots
Harare - In scenes that rattled the embattled regime of Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe and stoked speculation its days were numbered, dozens of soldiers ran amok in the capital Harare on December 1 in protest over the country's economic meltdown, and they warn that they will go into the streets again....
Airforce commander was shot and wounded in Zanu internal power struggle
HARARE - A Zimbabwean Airforce commander and ally of President Robert Mugabe was shot in an assassination attempt at the weekend, state media said on Tuesday....
UN's Ban urges stronger African unity on Zimbabwe
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - African countries must exert more pressure on Zimbabwe to end a political stalemate that has contributed to a humanitarian crisis of extreme concern, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday....
Zimbabwean leather designer storms into Botswana market
FRANCISTOWN - Thirty-eight-year-old Zimbabwean Tapiwa Chakalisa is not your average leather designer. She is a force to be reckoned with. The Nshakazhogwe dame is capable of producing a graphic product with leather. ...
UN meets on Robert Mugabe
Geneva - The UN Security Council on Monday kicked off closed-door ministerial talks on Zimbabwe but a diplomat said there was no consensus on a text to censure President Robert Mugabe in the face of South African opposition. ...
Botswana denies hosting Zimbabwe opposition training camps
Johannesburg - Botswana's government on Monday rejected allegations by Zimbabwe that it had conspired in an alleged plot by Zimbabwe's opposition to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's regime....
MDC denies 'overthrow' plot
Harare - Zimbabwe's ruling party has renewed accusations that its opponents are training to try to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, heightening political tension as the country faces a spreading cholera epidemic....
MDC: Mugabe planning a state of emergency
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Monday accused Zanu-PF president Robert Mugabe's government of planning to institute a state of emergency as an excuse to disregard the rule of law....
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