Zimbabwe’s MDC can grow the economy by 10% a year if it wins elections President Robert Mugabe wants held in 2011, the prime minister said on Sunday.
A cabinet minister and a priest arrested for political activism in Zimbabwe were released on bail after days of ‘severe deprivation’ in custody.
African leaders on Thursday will try to defuse escalating tensions in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is accused of cracking down on rivals.
The crisis in Zimbabwe goes beyond the disputed elections and is more about the division of opinions, the Zimbabwe Institute said on Monday.
Zimbabwe is not ready for elections, and will not be ready until it has dealt with present and past human rights violations, says Human Rights Watch.
A Zimbabwean magistrate’s court on Monday freed 38 activists charged with treason for discussing the mass protests in Egypt.
Internet campaigns calling for protests against the rule of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday did not lead to any mass gatherings in Zimbabwe.
Another dissident critic of President Robert Mugabe was arrested, while police defied a court order to give medical help to 12 others, lawyers say.
Zimbabwe’s police have seized cars belonging to Morgan Tsvangirai’s official escort and arrested his drivers for possessing police beacon lights.
Amnesty International said on Friday that Zimbabwe’s two-year-old coalition government has failed to end human rights abuses and political violence.
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/ 17 January 2011
Zimbabwe’s Welshman Ncube, who has taken over the leadership of the MDC faces the task of steering the party from Tsvangirai.
Zanu-PF members are jostling to endorse the president as the electoral candidate ahead of the party’s national conference.
Four very different books on Zimbabwe cast diverse perspectives on the country’s past and current issues — besides saying a lot about the authors.
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/ 23 October 2010
Mugabe sees elections as a way to rid himself of Tsvangirai, who is trying to rally weary opposition voters
Zimbabwe’s PM has asked the UN, EU and four nations not to recognise six ambassadors that President Robert Mugabe appointed without consulting him.
While Zimbabwe is making "tangible" progress, the "madness" still persisted, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai axed ministers from his MDC party from the Cabinet on Wednesday.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has hailed the acquittal of Roy Bennett on terror charges as "very positive".
Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennet will learn on Monday whether he must answer terrorism charges that could result in the death penalty.
Zimbabwe’s two top government officials travelled to the same East African city earlier this week, but their missions were worlds apart.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, discovered the split personality of Zimbabwe’s government when he visited the country last week.
President Robert Mugabe pledged on Sunday to move ahead with plans to hand over 51% control of businesses to black Zimbabweans.
Police in Zimbabwe shut down an art exhibition exploring violence blamed on President Robert Mugabe, an attorney said on Monday.
No poll date, but Zuma’s direct approach goes beyond the usual power players
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/ 12 February 2010
The MDC has called for fresh elections in Zimbabwe if the current deadlock between rival factions of the power-sharing government persists.
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/ 6 February 2010
Zimbabwe’s civil servants have launched an open-ended strike for a more than four-fold hike to their salaries, piling pressure on the government.
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/ 28 January 2010
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party will not make concessions in talks with its partners in the unity government until sanctions are lifted.
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/ 12 December 2009
Robert Mugabe on Friday bemoaned the divisions "eating up" his party as he opened its first congress since losing its absolute grip on power.
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/ 11 December 2009
Robert Mugabe has bemoaned factionalism within his Zanu-PF party, saying internal divisions cost the party its parliamentary majority.
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/ 4 December 2009
The parties in Zimbabwe are trying to gauge the attitude of Zuma’s new mediation team.
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/ 4 November 2009
Zimbabwean civil society leaders are calling for immediate action to implement a SADC-brokered global political agreement and halt violence.
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/ 1 November 2009
President Robert Mugabe took a sharp dig at his governing partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, but said they were still allies.