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/ 4 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s rival parties on Wednesday postponed a parliamentary debate on constitutional amendments that would pave the way for a unity government.
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/ 3 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday blamed Western sanctions for his country’s economic collapse, which has left millions jobless and hungry.
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/ 2 February 2009
The number of people infected by Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic has risen to almost 63 000, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC decided on Friday to enter a unity government with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, an opposition party official said.
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/ 30 January 2009
Roy Bennett, the top pro-democracy official pursued by Zimbabwean secret police, slipped quietly into Zimbabwe early on Friday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to win his party’s backing to join a unity government with the Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF.
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/ 30 January 2009
Morgan Tsvangirai struggles to hold warring allies together and has moved to win over critical Western diplomats ahead of a crucial decision.
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/ 29 January 2009
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for unity in his party on Wednesday, as the MDC prepares to decide on a power-sharing deal Robert Mugabe.
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/ 27 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF said on Tuesday it is prepared to form a government on its own if the MDC won’t join it — a move certain to anger the West.
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/ 27 January 2009
SADC leaders declared on Tuesday that Zimbabwe’s rival parties had agreed to form a unity government, but the opposition said that was not the case.
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/ 27 January 2009
Southern African leaders on Tuesday gave Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai until mid-February to form a unity government.
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/ 26 January 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe last week acceded to a secret meeting with his rival Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe state media reported on Monday.
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/ 26 January 2009
An emergency SADC summit to address the ongoing political impasse in Zimbabwe is expected to start at about 11am in Pretoria on Monday.
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/ 22 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s main rivals head into Monday’s emergency summit hoping for an end to efforts to force them into a unity government.
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/ 21 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks are close to collapse after Robert Mugabe refused to relinquish control over the key security ministries.
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/ 19 January 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki have arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, to mediate talks later on Monday with the country’s political leaders.
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/ 19 January 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet on Monday for talks aimed at implementing a power-sharing agreement.
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/ 16 January 2009
Zimbabwe will introduce a 100-trillion dollar note, in its latest attempt to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left the economy in tatters.
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/ 15 January 2009
Two Zimbabwe opposition officials have been arrested on charges of threatening police probing the shooting of the country’s air force chief.
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/ 14 January 2009
Lawyers for detained Zimbabwe rights activist Jestina Mukoko on Wednesday sought an appeal to the nation’s highest court.
A Zimbabwe court on Friday refused to toss out terrorism charges against seven opposition activists.
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has requested a meeting with Robert Mugabe in a last-ditch effort to salvage a power-sharing deal.
Zanu-PF leader starts preparations for a new administration, the state-run Herald newspaper reports
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/ 29 December 2008
South Africa said on Monday that the arrest of a leading human rights campaigner should not delay the formation of a unity government.
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/ 19 December 2008
Zimbabwe’s central bank on Friday introduced a Z-billion banknote, worth on the black market, to try to ease desperate cash shortages.
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/ 16 December 2008
Zimbabwe’s embattled government claimed on Tuesday to be victim of a terror campaign following an assassination bid against the air force chief.
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/ 15 December 2008
Zimbabwe has accused Botswana of training opposition insurgents to oust Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe, it was reported on Monday.
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/ 10 December 2008
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday rebuffed pressure to agree to join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
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/ 9 December 2008
Zimbabwe has fallen into chaos — and there seems no chance of salvation.
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/ 5 December 2008
‘No worse there is none," was the anguished cry of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins — and it is an apt description of the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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/ 29 November 2008
The party says Zanu-PF lacks sincerity and it has pledged to reject a deal that makes it a junior partner in government.
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/ 28 November 2008
Thabo Mbeki slams Zimbabwe opposition’s refusal to accept regional leaders’ recommendations