The IMF said on Wednesday it will only provide aid to Zimbabwe once the unity government meets key conditions.
The Zimbabwe government has chosen the rand as the country’s reference currency but will not ”randify” the economy, local media reported on Friday.
President Robert Mugabe and Finance Minister Tendai Biti appealed on Thursday for -billion in international aid to revive the economy.
Zimbabwe’s finance minister warns power-sharing government may crumble without further international aid donations.
The MDC called for a probe into the crash that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife, but warned Zimbabweans not to jump to conclusions.
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/ 19 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s government took its first step towards rebuilding the nation on Wednesday, honouring a pledge to civil servants to pay them in US dollars.
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/ 18 February 2009
A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday ordered ministerial nominee Roy Bennett to be kept in custody until March 4.
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/ 16 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s MDC may be reluctant to quit the new unity government, despite the arrest of one of its senior officials, a top party official has said.
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/ 14 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s new finance minister said on Saturday a top opposition figure’s arrest showed Mugabe’s party was not ready to work with its former rivals.
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/ 10 February 2009
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday appointed Tendai Biti to be finance minister and said he would focus on creating economic stability.
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/ 10 February 2009
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday appointed Tendai Biti as finance minister in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
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/ 6 February 2009
A judge has ended the treason trial of a top Zimbabwean opposition leader, saying prosecutors appear unprepared to proceed.
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/ 5 February 2009
The treason trial of the secretary general of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, Tendai Biti, has been set for May 4.
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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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/ 23 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF party on Friday refused to budge on opposition demands for a unity government.
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/ 28 October 2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Tuesday demanded that the government give its leader Morgan Tsvangirai a passport to attend an upcoming summit.
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/ 17 October 2008
Even if the Zimbabwean power-sharing deal had not reached a deadlock over the allocation of Cabinet posts, there were already many signs of failure.
Zimbabwe’s political parties met on Wednesday to iron out differences over the division of Cabinet posts, but failed to reach agreement, the MDC says.
As the two leaders fought internal battles Zimbabweans received mixed messages about whether a new government is still a possibility.
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/ 30 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s MDC has denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal is imminent, saying talks are still deadlocked.
Mandy Rossouw put a similar set of questions to both Zanu-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change to assess the political temperature.
Zanu-PF leader Mugabe and Tsvangirai are digging in their heels, insisting they will not move from their closing positions in last week’s talks.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Sunday said it is committed to reaching an agreement with President Robert Mugabe.
SADC has recognised that negotiations in Zimbabwe are continuing, but emphasised the urgency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
President Robert Mugabe warned Zimbabwe’s opposition on Monday in an address to the nation not to be ”used by enemies”.
Claims that talks between Zimbabwe’s opposition and negotiators for President Robert Mugabe had broken off were called into question on Tuesday.
Neither Mugabe nor Tsvangirai can rule successfully without coming to an agreement. The first talks aimed at reaching a settlement began this week.
Robert Mugabe is ”happy” at the veto of a draft United Nations resolution to impose tough new sanctions, as talks continue in Pretoria.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition held a second day of talks in SA on Friday as the UN delayed a vote on fresh sanctions against Mugabe’s regime.
An African Union summit on Tuesday tried to overcome divisions on how to deal with the re-election of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
Zanu-PF rose to the top after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 by being more centralised, conspiratorial and ruthless than all its rivals.
A South African mediation team was in Zimbabwe on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis.