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South African Mediators Due in Harare on Last-ditch Attempt to Break Zimbabwe Deadlock
South African mediators are due in Harare to revive Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks which have been stalled for the past two months. President Robert Mugabe said a three-member facilitation team appointed by South African President Jacob Zuma would try...
Western Donors to Meet in Norway for Discussions Over Zimbabwe Aid
Western donors will assemble in Oslo, Norway, on Monday to review their strategy towards Zimbabwe amid concern over the slow progress in the implementation of a power-sharing pact signed by the southern African country’s leaders in 2008. The donors,...
ZIMBABWE: Freddie Matonhodze, ‘We Fear There Could be a Blood Bath’
Freddie Matonhodze, an official of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Muzarabani district, in Mashonaland Central Province, a rural stronghold of the ruling ZANU-PF party, lost his wife and relatives to political violence. His home...
ZIMBABWE: Opposition Infighting Raises Spectre of Violence
A public disagreement between Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Finance Minister Tendai Biti over pay increases in public servants’ salaries is being seen as evidence of greater divisions between two of the most senior leaders...
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Injured During Car Crash
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti was injured during a car crash Tuesday night along the highway linking the capital Harare and the second city of Bulawayo, his party announced Wednesday. Biti is the second-in-command of Prime Minister Morgan...
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Calls for Unity And Political Tolerance
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called for unity and political tolerance amid reports of resurgence in violence in the countryside. Tsvangirai is on tour of Zimbabwe’s 10 administrative provinces to explain his Movement for Democratic...
Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change Seeks Intervention of the Southern African Development Community
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party has said it was seeking the intervention of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in its long-running power-sharing dispute with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party. The spokesperson...
Zimbabwe’s MDC Wants Fresh Elections If Political Talks Collapse
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday it will demand fresh elections if current negotiations to resolve outstanding power-sharing issues remain deadlocked. MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said there...
