A South African mediation team was in Zimbabwe on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis.
If this is the endgame for Robert Mugabe’s regime, the brutality of the tactics employed reveal his determination to win at any cost.
President Robert Mugabe says ”only God” can remove him from office, as Zimbabwe’s opposition considers pulling out of next week’s run-off election.
African civil society must make a clear stand on Zimbabwe. The crisis is not only affecting the people of Zimbabwe, but is a great concern for all.
Conflicting messages emerge from Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as the country’s run-off presidential poll draws closer.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has argued against a government of national unity in Zimbabwe, saying it will allow Mugabe to stay in power.
Zimbabwe’s neighbours closed ranks against Robert Mugabe on Thursday as violence against opposition supporters intensified and spread to new areas.
Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election on June 27 is very unlikely to be free and fair, a group of Southern African ministers said on Thursday.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has urged Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe to cancel next week’s presidential vote and negotiate a deal with the opposition.
World leaders joined forces on Wednesday calling on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to stop intimidating opponents ahead of a run-off vote.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday predicted ”a huge turnout” for a presidential run-off vote against President Robert Mugabe.
Jacob Zuma said he did not expect a free election run-off in Zimbabwe ahead of a meeting between President Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe.
The soldiers and ruling party militiamen herded the people of Rusape to a field at the back of the local sports club and made their point clear.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Monday threatened to arrest opposition leaders over mounting violence ahead of this month’s run-off.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused foreign aid agencies of using food as a weapon to try to remove him from power.
Andrew Makoni wants change in Zimbabwe. But he won’t be there to vote for it. Instead, the human rights lawyer will be in neighbouring South Africa.
A defiant President Robert Mugabe on Saturday vowed he would ”go to war” if he lost the presidential run-off due to take place in less than two weeks.
President Robert Mugabe vowed on Saturday that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change would never rule Zimbabwe.
The whereabouts of Tendai Biti, secretary general of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), are still unknown a day after his arrest.
Zimbabwe’s vote is unlikely to end the country’s accelerating crisis, with neither side willing to enter a unity government to end the bloodshed.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe warned on Friday that his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph.
The University of Massachusetts on Thursday rescinded an honorary law degree awarded 22 years ago to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
The White House urged the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to take up immediate consideration of the situation in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe police arrested opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday while he was campaigning for the country’s June 27 presidential run-off.
A vote for opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe’s June 27 run-off election will be akin to an act of war, Vice-President Joseph Msika was quoted as saying on Thursday.
The current climate in Zimbabwe was ”not at all” the proper one for an election, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai rejected calls on Tuesday for a national unity government instead of a presidential run-off vote and said his party was sure to win the election despite government violence.
On hearing that Kenneth Kaunda had lost to Frederick Chiluba in Zambia’s 1991 presidential election, Zaire’s strongman, Mobutu Sese Seko, is reported to have remarked: ”Lose an election? How? – That’s stupid!”
Choosing to read all events through a political paradigm is often the curse of those of us born unfree.
Zimbabwe’s opposition had a successful day of campaigning despite attempts by ruling party militants to thwart election activities, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change on Saturday insisted that its leader had sent a letter to President Thabo Mbeki asking him to step down as Zimbabwe mediator.
Zimbabwean police arrested a prominent opposition lawyer on Saturday in a dawn raid at his home.