Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Expected to Meet Mozambican Leader Over Zimbabwe Crisis

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to meet Mozambican leader Armando Guebuza this week as his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeals to southern African leaders to intervene in its political dispute with President Robert Mugabe’s...

ZANU PF Official Describes MDC Boycott As “needless Excitement”

President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman on Sunday blasted the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for shelving cooperation with Mugabe’s ZANU PF, describing the action as “needless excitement”...

Lawyers for Zimbabwe’s Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Negotiate Trial Postponement

Lawyers for Zimbabwe’s deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett who is facing terrorism and banditry charges have successfully negotiated with the prosecution for a postponement of the politician’s trial scheduled for early next week so that...

Zimbabwe Power-sharing Deal in Crisis Over MDC Official’s Re-arrest

Zimbabwe’s eight-month-old unity government hung by a thread Thursday as a crisis grew over the re-arrest of a senior member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change. Tsvangirai canceled Thursday’s weekly meeting of the...

Lawyer Arrested in Zimbabwe for “improper Release” of Activists

Zimbabwe police have arrested one of the lawyers representing more than 30 political activists facing allegations of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe, accusing him of facilitating the “improper release” of three of his clients. Human rights...

Zimbabwe Court Grants Bail to 12 MDC Activists

A Zimbabwean court has granted bail to 12 opposition and human rights activists facing charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe but only two have met the stringent conditions for their release, their lawyer revealed on Sunday. Prominent...

Zimbabwe Civil Societies Form Group to Monitor Unity Government

Zimbabwe’s civil society groups have formed an organization to monitor the implementation of the power-sharing agreement between the country’s political leaders which formed the basis for the new unity government, APA learned Saturday. The Zimbabwe...

MDC Claim Arrest of Zimbabwe Ministerial Nominee Politically Motivated

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has described as “absurd” and politically motivated Friday’s arrest of one of its ministerial nominees a few hours before the launch of a unity government with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF.

Zimbabwe Brinkmanship Over Constitutional Talks

Zimbabwe’s main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is threatening to pull out of talks with the ruling ZANU-PF party over its refusal to give way on key demands for political reform.