Key vote stalls Mugabe's march

Rare moment of unity hands opposition surprising victory, writes Jason Moyo.

SADC leaders meet on Zimbabwe stand-off

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will ask a regional security summit on Thursday to stop what he says is a crackdown by Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe tensions top security summit

African leaders on Thursday will try to defuse escalating tensions in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is accused of cracking down on rivals.

'Zim crisis goes beyond elections'

The crisis in Zimbabwe goes beyond the disputed elections and is more about the division of opinions, the Zimbabwe Institute said on Monday.

Mass grave becomes Zimbabwe election fodder

From an abandoned mine shaft near Mount Darwin, 150km north of Harare, nearly 1 000 bodies are being pulled to the surface.

Power-sharing failure admission needed

SA and the international community need to acknowledge the power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe has failed, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Zanu-PF is now 'unstoppable'

With the threat of arrest hanging over him and his party restricted by Zanu-PF, Morgan Tsvangirai, faces his sternest leadership test.

Threat to seize foreign firms is 'idle rhetoric'

Mugabe's sabre-rattling about the possible seizure of major companies with "Western links" is an "idle threat," economist Eric Bloch said

Between a rock and a pagoda

Robert Mugabe's wooing of the Chinese has angered his supporters.

Political violence 'remains a serious problem in Zim'

Zimbabwe is not ready for elections, and will not be ready until it has dealt with present and past human rights violations, says Human Rights Watch.

Court frees 38 Zimbabweans charged over Egypt talk

A Zimbabwean magistrate's court on Monday freed 38 activists charged with treason for discussing the mass protests in Egypt.

Mugabe launches 'violence petition'

Citizens are forced to sign a document blaming sanctions for all economic woes.

Zim tense over anti-Mugabe protests call

Internet campaigns calling for protests against the rule of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday did not lead to any mass gatherings in Zimbabwe.

Violence keeps protest at bay in Zim

Similar, but very different to Egypt, Zimbabwe’s citizens are simply too downtrodden to resist.

We are our own liberators

Can Zimbabwe learn from the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions? Yes, argues Trevor Ncube, only if the people take matters into their own hand.

Zimbabwe police seize Tsvangirai's cars

Zimbabwe's police have seized cars belonging to Morgan Tsvangirai's official escort and arrested his drivers for possessing police beacon lights.

Zimbabwe PM says unity government to continue

Morgan Tsvangirai says his power-sharing pact with Robert Mugabe would continue as the country's uneasy unity government passed its two-year mark.

'Zimbabwe coalition failing to end violence'

Amnesty International said on Friday that Zimbabwe's two-year-old coalition government has failed to end human rights abuses and political violence.

Petition bid to lift sanctions

An anti-sanctions petition is Zanu-PF’s latest attempt to pressure Western countries into lifting sanctions imposed on the party's top brass.

US 'alarmed' by Zimbabwe violence

The US on Thursday expressed alarm at new violence in Zimbabwe, accusing the Zanu-PF of carrying out the attacks ahead of possible elections this year

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