African Union Commission chief Jean Ping will meet South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday to discuss Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
Ward B3 of the Gokwe hospital looks much like any other in Zimbabwe’s decaying medical establishments, denuded of medicines, equipment and doctors.
Neither Mugabe nor Tsvangirai can rule successfully without coming to an agreement. The first talks aimed at reaching a settlement began this week.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition MDC held their first talks on Thursday since the widely condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition MDC will on Thursday begin preliminary talks on ending the political crisis, an opposition source says.
A call by the G8 to send a UN envoy to Zimbabwe and to press for new sanctions is a stinging humiliation for mediator Thabo Mbeki, analysts say.
The G8 agreed on Tuesday to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe’s leadership because of violence during the condemned re-election of Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Monday accused militias loyal to Robert Mugabe of stepping up deadly attacks against its followers.
Robert Mugabe’s regime has warned the West to ”stop meddling” in Zimbabwe as the veteran leader faces pressure to cut a deal with the opposition.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has presented a plan to Zimbabwe’s political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state.
Following his meeting with refugees in South Africa, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said it was ”imperative” to find a solution to Zimbabwe.
Robert Mugabe’s widely condemned ”re-election” last weekend appears to have broken the resolve of many Zimbabweans.
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis.
It was the murder of his uncle that convinced a prison officer to bring to bring to the world a visual account of life in Zimbabwe under Mugabe.
A transitional government in Zimbabwe should be given two years to let the dust settle before another round of elections can be held, says Angola.
Robert Mugabe said on Friday he is only open to negotiations on an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis if he is accepted as the country’s president.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives home to a hero’s welcome after avoiding censure at an AU summit over his controversial one-man election.
Zimbabwe’s opposition has accused the government of a campaign to wipe out its newly won majority in Parliament.
A group of about 200 Zimbabweans gathered on Thursday outside the United States embassy in Harare, pleading for political asylum and food.
The AU crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic.
Any transitional government in Zimbabwe must include opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as premier, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government.
The European Union will only accept a Zimbabwean government headed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, France said on Tuesday.
An African Union summit on Tuesday tried to overcome divisions on how to deal with the re-election of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see a unity government negotiated in Zimbabwe, it was reported on Tuesday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged to work to mediate the crisis in Zimbabwe, saying the election had implications for all of Africa.
African leaders on Monday pushed Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to open talks with the opposition after his controversial re-election.
African Union observers on Monday condemned Zimbabwe’s one-man election as undemocratic, intensifying pressure on Robert Mugabe.
Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term as Zimbabwe’s President on Sunday within minutes of the declaration of election results.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was sworn in on Sunday after being declared winner of an election which was scarred by violence and intimidation.
Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe won Friday’s presidential election, in which he was the only candidate, with 85,51% of the vote.
President Robert Mugabe will be inaugurated within hours, a government source said on Sunday, after an election which observers said was unfair.