South Africa’s government criticised on Sunday the imposition of new sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his allies.
Five million people will need help within months, warns the UN. Families flee as many are reduced to one meal a day, writes Chris McGreal.
Zimbabwe’s bank chief plans new currency reforms — removing more zeros from the plummeting Zimbabwe dollar and raising the limit on cash withdrawals.
A signature, some handshakes and four days of talks have raised hopes for an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
Even for those who are not Robert Mugabe’s nearest and dearest will see shopping trips to Europe becoming something of the past.
Negotiations in South Africa between Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition were progressing well on Saturday, mediators said.
Zimbabwe’s latest moves towards a compromise will show other tyrants how to win elections by losing.
Mugabe’s friends in Africa have dwindled in the wake of the violent presidential election run-off, while industrial confidence and capacity suffer.
World Bank and UN’s development programme help Zanu-PF top dog bust sanctions, reports Charles Rukuni.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party will not accept a power-sharing deal that fails to recognise his re-election.
The secret talks between Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe are not a "new dawn" for Zimbabwe, as some South African media seem to imagine.
Talks on resolving Zimbabwe’s political crisis began in earnest at a secret location in South Africa on Thursday.
SA and the EU hold their first-ever summit on Friday but divergent views on the political crisis in Zimbabwe have cast a pall over the event.
Captains of industry are pinning their hopes on talks between Zimbabwe’s political rivals as a chance to stop the economic rot.
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC and President Robert Mugabe will begin negotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday, officials say.
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to increase sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s supporters ahead of power-sharing talks.
A landmark deal between Zimbabwe’s political rivals was hailed by South Africa’s media on Tuesday as a new dawn for the troubled nation.
Negotiators from Zimbabwe’s opposition and ruling party are expected in SA on Tuesday for talks aimed at ending the country’s political crisis.
The Robert Mugabe regime did not, as some will argue, start off well and slowly descend into authoritarianism. It was always intolerant of opposition.
President Thabo Mbeki has played a less than honest role in the Zimbabwe crisis. The debate rages on about what he is playing at in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement on Monday that paves the way for fully fledged talks.
Zimbabwe’s opposition and the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe will sign a deal on Monday laying down a framework for formal talks.
Millions are threatened with starvation after the failure of the harvest brought on by the government’s mishandling of land redistribution.
MDC spokesperson: ”He wants to create the impression that talks are going ahead before big meetings [such as those of the G8 and United Nations]”
In less than one lifetime, Ghana and Zimbabwe have swopped positions internationally, writes Colleen Lowe Morna.
Zimbabwe will transfer ownership of all foreign-owned firms that support Western sanctions against President Robert Mugabe, a state newspaper reports.
Zimbabwe’s opposition was on Saturday gearing up to ink an agreement that paves the way for fully fledged talks on the country’s crisis.
South African President Thabo Mbeki agreed on Friday to work more closely with the AU and UN to bring an end to the Zimbabwe crisis.
Efforts to broker an end to Zimbabwe’s crisis stepped up Friday as SA hosted talks with the AU’s top official and a meeting of foreign ministers.
They call them the ”walking clubs”, and Grace Sibanda is an involuntary member. The shop assistant rises before dawn and slips out of her tiny home.
A tribunal began hearing an appeal on Wednesday by 77 white Zimbabweans against orders to expropriate their farms.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is beginning to breathe more easily as a Western diplomatic campaign against his re-election falters.