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/ 20 February 2004
President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa’s most combative and enduring rulers, shows no sign of mellowing with age as he turns 80 on Saturday. In the days before his birthday, Mugabe spoke mainly of war — war against the alleged efforts of Britain and the United States to topple his regime, and war against ”economic saboteurs” at home.
Mbeki’s word on Zim is ‘meaningless’
Mugabe: ‘I’ll never be defeated’
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/ 9 February 2004
The Zimbabwean opposition on Monday refuted remarks by South African President Thabo Mbeki that it has agreed to early elections in Zimbabwe. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) also rebutted Mbeki’s insistence in a TV broadcast that a timetable for formal talks with the ruling Zanu-PF party has been worked out.
Zimbabwe’s High Court rejected a request by the opposition on Wednesday to block soldiers and policemen and other armed security officials from staffing polling stations at upcoming elections for district council and two parliamentary seats.
The Zimbabwean opposition said on Friday it would not join a government of national unity with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party, widening the rift on possible negotiations between the parties to end Zimbabwe’s political and economic chaos.
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/ 3 February 2003
The death toll in the head-on collision between a packed passenger train and a freight train in northwestern Zimbabwe rose to 46, police said on Sunday. A railway worker who might have given a wrong signal was arrested and tested for alcohol, media reports said.
POLICE arrested and charged a columnist for Zimbabwe’s only independent daily newspaper on Monday, bringing to eight the number of journalists arrested under harsh new media laws.
Zimbabwe government’s will abolish the thriving foreign exchange bureaux, at a time when parallel market rates for foreign currency have reached record highs, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa said on Thursday.
An official population census counted 11,6-million people in Zimbabwe and estimated nearly 3-million Zimbabweans are living outside the troubled southern African nation
UN food agencies estimate 3-million of the 13-million population in Zimbabwe will face starvation by June.
A ZIMBABWEAN court denied a request on Tuesday by two journalists to drop charges filed against them under harsh new media laws.