Mugabe warns he will form government without powersharing
September 4th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Harare, Sep 4 (DPA) Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is putting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai under pressure, threatening to set up a government on his own if the latter doesn't agree to a ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe inflation now 11.2 million per cent!
August 20th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.20 (ANI): Zimbabwe''s official inflation rate has soared to more than 11.2 million per cent. The Telegraph quoted Zimbabwes Central Statistical Office in Harare as saying that inflation in the ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader stopped from attending SADC summit
August 14th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Harare, Aug 14 (Xinhua) Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was Thursday prevented from travelling to South Africa for a summit on Zimbabwe's political crisis after his travel documents were confiscated and he ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai promises to continue talks with Zimbabwe’s president
August 14th, 2008 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, Aug 13 (DPA) A day after storming out of talks on a power-sharing agreement, Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai assured his supporters he would continue to ... Read more...
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Mugabe signs pact with minority MDC faction: Report
August 13th, 2008 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, Aug 13 (DPA) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party Tuesday agreed on a deal to share power with a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), in a ... Read more...
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Mugabe for power-sharing deal as crisis talks suspended
August 11th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, Aug 11 (DPA) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe talked up a power-sharing deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai at a rally Monday, hours after marathon negotiations between the two on a government ... Read more...
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Robert Mugabe seeks dominant role in coalition government
August 9th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 9 (ANI): President Robert Mugabe seeks a dominant role in the coalition government and is insisting on retaining substantial power that may emerge from a deal to end Zimbabwes ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party, opposition call for end to violence
August 7th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Harare, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Negotiators from Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have jointly condemned political violence in the country and urged their party men to ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe central bank knocks 10 zeroes off currency
July 30th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, July 30(DPA) Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono announced Wednesday the bank would knock 10 zeroes off the country's battered currency Aug 1 in a bid to prop up the nearly ... Read more...
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai sign power-sharing talks deal
July 22nd, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 22 (ANI): Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are to sign an agreement to end the countrys political deadlock.The handshake, which came despite the killing ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai-Mugabe handshake cements momentous talks accord
July 22nd, 2008 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, July 22 (DPA) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai cemented their accord on talks about a powersharing government Monday with a much-anticipated handshake. Despite appeals from onlookers, the ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party, opposition preparing to sign power-sharing agreement
July 20th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg, July 20 (DPA) An agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on the agenda for talks on a powersharing government appeared to ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s opposition to mull talks with Mugabe
July 18th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, July 17 (DPA) The process towards negotiating an end to the crisis in Zimbabwe is expected as the top body of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was due to ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai skips Mbeki-Mugabe meeting with MDC faction
July 6th, 2008 - 3:38 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg, July 6 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction ... Read more...
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Seven Zimbabwe opposition lawmakers on wanted list
July 4th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare/Johannesburg, July 4 (DPA) Police in Zimbabwe have put seven elected opposition members of parliament on a wanted list in a move that is likely to further jeopardise the possibility of a ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe white farmers face attacks despite court protection
July 1st, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, July 1 (DPA) As African Union (AU) leaders meeting in Egypt continued to debate a solution to Zimbabwe's political crisis, white farmers in the country continued to be chased off their ... Read more...
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Mugabe sworn in as president (Lead)
June 29th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, June 29 (DPA) Incumbent Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was sworn as president for another five years Sunday at a ceremony in Harare after sweeping the polls in a go-it-alone presidential election ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be sworn in as president
June 29th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 29 (DPA) Journalists and diplomats were invited to attend the swearing-in Sunday afternoon of Zimbabwe's longtime leader Robert Mugabe as president for the next five years following elections he alone ... Read more...
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Preparations on for Mugabe’s swearing-in ceremony
June 29th, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 28 (DPA) Preparations were under way in Zimbabwe Saturday for the swearing-in of Robert Mugabe as president just a few hours after the controversial run-off vote in which he was ... Read more...
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Around 300 Zimbabweans seek refuge at South African embassy
June 26th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare/Johannesburg, June 26 (DPA) Around 300 people have sought refuge at the South African embassy in Harare, South Africa's Sapa news agency reported, saying the group was believed to be made up ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai urges Zimbabwe transition government talks (Roundup)
June 26th, 2008 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare/Johannesburg, June 25 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Wednesday called for the African Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to lead a UN-backed transitional government to help the country ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai returns to Dutch embassy after short leave
June 26th, 2008 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Amsterdam, June 25 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who Wednesday morning left the Dutch embassy in Harare where he has taken refuge, returned to the mission in the afternoon, Dutch news ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe president says he is ‘open’ to talks
June 25th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, June 25 (DPA) Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he is "open" to negotiations, but only after Friday's presidential run-off election, according to state media in Zimbabwe. The state-controlled daily Herald ... Read more...
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Tsvangirai formally delivers withdrawal letter
June 24th, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, June 24 (DPA) Morgan Tsvangirai, the major contender in Zimbabwe's bloody presidential run-off election, Tuesday formally notified electoral authorities of his withdrawal from the race, officials of the Movement for Democratic ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe election to go ahead despite Tsvangirai withdrawal
June 23rd, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare/Johannesburg, June 23 (DPA) Zimbabwe's violence-wracked run-off presidential election will go ahead Friday despite the withdrawal of the leading candidate, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, state radio said Monday. ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s opposition pulls out of polls (Lead)
June 22nd, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 22 (DPA) Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, has decided to withdraw from the presidential run-off elections June 27, party sources said Sunday. The decision was made ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s opposition to withdraw from election
June 22nd, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, June 22 (DPA) Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has decided to withdraw from the presidential run-off elections June 27, party sources said Sunday. The decision was ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe police ordered not to block opposition rally
June 21st, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 21 (DPA) A High Court judge in Zimbabwe Saturday ordered the police not to block a rally planned in Harare Sunday by the country's main opposition party Movement for Democratic ... Read more...
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Mugabe dismisses opposition claims of violence
June 21st, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 21 (DPA) Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has dismissed opposition claims of violence ahead of next week's presidential run-off election, saying the claims were aimed at tainting the vote, state media ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader charged with treason
June 20th, 2008 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 20 (DPA) Tendai Biti, an outspoken leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, has been officially charged with treason in a Harare court. Arrested June 12 at Harare International Airport on arrival from ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s vice president blames food shortages on ‘lazy farmers’
June 17th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 17 (DPA) Zimbabwean Vice President Joyce Mujuru has accused "lazy" farmers of leasing their land instead of cultivating it, causing food shortages in the country, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported ... Read more...
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Mugabe warns opposition that a pen cant fight a gun
June 17th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has indicated clearly for the first time that he will disregard the result of the upcoming run-off election if his party loses, according ... Read more...
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Mugabe rules out change of power in his lifetime
June 14th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, June 14 (DPA) With less than two weeks to go before an election run-off for the highest office in the land, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Saturday ruled out a change of ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s medical bodies implore end to political violence
June 9th, 2008 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Harare, June 9 (DPA) Some 2,900 victims of political violence wracking Zimbabwe ahead of a presidential election run-off have been treated in hospital since elections March 29, medical specialists said Sunday. The ... Read more...
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US to raise attack on diplomats at UN Security Council
June 6th, 2008 - 7:42 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Washington, June 6 (DPA) The US Thursday blasted as "outrageous" and "unacceptable" an attack in Zimbabwe on a convoy of US and British diplomats by a group of police, soldiers and militia ... Read more...
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