Zimbabwe’s one-candidate presidential election was not free and fair and it should be held again, African observers said on Sunday.
Robert Mugabe is expected to be sworn in as President of Zimbabwe again on Sunday after one of the most controversial elections in Africa.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is expected to be sworn in on Sunday after a victory in a one-candidate election boycotted by the opposition.
Many Zimbabweans defaced their ballots in a presidential run-off with President Robert Mugabe as the sole candidate, and voted only out of fear.
Votes were being counted on Saturday in Zimbabwe’s single candidate election and state media predicted a victory for President Robert Mugabe.
The young man who gave his name only as Wilson wanted just one thing from Friday’s election in Zimbabwe: the indelible red ink on his little finger.
Widespread voter intimidation marked Zimbabwe’s one-candidate presidential run-off on Friday.
Early turnout was low in Zimbabwe’s one-candidate election on Friday after President Robert Mugabe went ahead with the vote despite condemnation.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe voted at a polling station in his old neighbourhood in Harare on Friday in a poll in which he is the sole candidate.
Zimbabweans began voting in a one-sided run-off on Friday after President Robert Mugabe defied condemnation and calls to postpone the election.
There’s only one reason Robert Mugabe is going to win the election if you believe the state-run press: the people have finally come to their senses.
Friday’s one-candidate run-off is already a footnote, with the world looking beyond the charade to how Zimbabwe can be pushed toward real democracy.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected calls to postpone a presidential election on Friday, saying there could be no interference.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe held final campaign rallies on Thursday on the eve of a one-man election denounced as a sham by the West.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai issued a 24-hour deadline to President Robert Mugabe on Thursday to negotiate or face being shunned.
Nelson Mandela on Wednesday broke his silence on the crisis in Zimbabwe, saying the country was suffering due to ”a tragic failure of leadership”.
African pressure mounted on Wednesday to postpone Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election set for Friday, but authorities said it would go ahead.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the African Union, backed by the United Nations, should lead a transitional process in the country.
President Robert Mugabe has ”declared war” in Zimbabwe, said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday from inside the Dutch embassy in Harare.
Leaders will hold an meeting in Swaziland on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe but key negotiator President Thabo Mbeki will not attend.
Southern African leaders will hold an emergency meeting in Swaziland’s capital, Mbabane, on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday defied mounting pressure to call off Friday’s vote, saying he had a legal obligation to go ahead.
The situation in Zimbabwe is now out of control, ANC president Jacob Zuma told a conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council has agreed to take its first formal action on Zimbabwe by ruling that a free and fair election run-off is impossible.
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai, who has pulled out of a presidential run-off election because of violence, sought refuge overnight in the Dutch embassy.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is ready to negotiate with President Robert Mugabe, but only if political violence stops.
The African Union (AU) on Monday joined a chorus of concern and dismay over the withdrawal of Zimbabwe’s opposition from a presidential run-off.
Zanu-PF rose to the top after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 by being more centralised, conspiratorial and ruthless than all its rivals.
Zimbabwe’s crisis will now move to the UN Security Council, as the international community mulls fresh sanctions against Robert Mugabe’s government.
The White House on Sunday demanded that Zimbabwe’s government and its ”thugs” halt election violence immediately.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew on Sunday from the June 27 presidential run-off election.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday prepared to announce he was quitting a run-off presidential election, a party source said.