Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is cutting a lone figure after comments he made in Europe over his support for gay rights.
Six arrested in MDC headquarters riot that cops say was sparked when they chased pirate CD vendors inside and had no choice but to teargas everyone.
The MDC is opposed to a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies and plans its own project to lure foreign investment.
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/ 9 September 2011
The sacking of Tracey Mutinhiri has fuelled speculation that party moderates seen as being too close to the opposition MDC are to be purged.
Controversy over state funding for Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s mansion has added to growing questions among opposition activists.
Zanu-PF is demanding the resignation of the head of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, creating an early threat to newly agreed regulations.
Robert Mugabe says new elections were still possible in Zimbabwe this year, despite a timeline that put the polls in 2012 at the earliest.
Former information minister Jonathan Moyo is back in Zanu-PF’s inner circle and causing uncertainty among its warring factions.
Welshman Ncube, the president of the splinter MDC party has hinted at a possible coalition of Zimbabwe’s opposition parties ahead of elections.
The MDC fears that President Robert Mugabe may be losing control of the military, following a public row between Tsvangirai and senior army figures.
SADC leaders should make it clear that elections will not be held in Zimbabwe’s present climate, writes <b>Tiseke Kasambala</b>.
Celebrated by some, scorned by others, there is no doubt that Edgar Tekere was a key figure in shaping Zimbabwe’s history.
The MDC has taken issue with the large number of ex-army men in high-ranking civil positions. But as long as the president rules, so will the military
It’s been a tough road for Zimbabwe’s 11-month-old process of drawing up a new constitution.
A new documentary reveals the shocking extent of violence directed at MDC supporters ahead of the Zimbabwe’s 2008 run-off presidential elections.
Elections in Zimbabwe will probably be held in the next 12 months, says the MDC’s Morgan Tsvangirai, but they are unlikely to take place this year.
An agreement on a new road map for elections in Zimbabwe could be derailed by Zanu-PF’s refusal to yield on security reforms.
Inclusive government was always a misnomer and the elections will only cement its demise, writes <b>Piers Pigou</b>.
Zimbabwe’s public servants are seething over revelations that Cabinet ministers and MPs have received salary hikes of at least 200% this year.
Rare moment of unity hands opposition surprising victory, writes <b>Jason Moyo</b>.
From an abandoned mine shaft near Mount Darwin, 150km north of Harare, nearly 1 000 bodies are being pulled to the surface.
With the threat of arrest hanging over him and his party restricted by Zanu-PF, Morgan Tsvangirai, faces his sternest leadership test.
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/ 11 February 2011
Morgan Tsvangirai says his power-sharing pact with Robert Mugabe would continue as the country’s uneasy unity government passed its two-year mark.
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
Put three Zimbabwean politicians in a room and they will come out with four parties.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urged their supporters to shun violence ahead of elections planned for 2011.
A Zimbabwean human rights organisation urged the country’s ruling parties to allow freedom and fairness in elections tentatively planned for 2011.
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/ 19 December 2010
The UN offered Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a retirement package and safe haven if he agreed to stand down, according to a Wikileaks cable.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party was on Saturday set to back his push for elections in the country early next year.
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/ 14 December 2010
Zimbabwe faces a new political storm with President Robert Mugabe pushing for an early election opposed by rivals.
Officials say there is no reason for Zimbabwe not to hold elections in 2011, but analysts say the polls could be much later.
Invitation to the East Asian nation’s football team to train in Bulawayo evokes memories of a massacre.