Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai held talks on Thursday on critical issues that threaten to derail their unity government.
Pikai sometimes drops in at Clay’s home for a bite to eat and a chat, and Pikai returns the favour by letting his neighbour collect water.
An international group is in Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of mass murder by government soldiers in a diamond field in the east of the country.
Robert Mugabe said the car crash that killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was ”the hand of God”, speaking at a funeral service on Tuesday.
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/ 26 February 2009
President Robert Mugabe has rejected demands that he dismiss two discredited officials, while the government asked its neighbours for -billion.
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/ 25 February 2009
The prime minister in Zimbabwe’s new coalition government said on Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe has agreed to free political prisoners.
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/ 24 February 2009
Zimbabwe opposition groups have launched a scathing attack following a decision by their leaders to add more ministers to the government.
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/ 22 February 2009
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for national reconciliation and forgiveness on Sunday after years of political conflict.
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/ 19 February 2009
President Robert Mugabe, who turns 85 on Saturday, has led Zimbabwe to total ruin during his 29 years in power, while he has lived a life of luxury.
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/ 18 February 2009
A few hundred elderly Britons living in Zimbabwe are being offered resettlement back home to protect them from worsening conditions.
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/ 16 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has bought a -million home in Hong Kong, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.
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/ 15 February 2009
The treason charges against ministerial nominee Roy Bennett have been dropped and replaced with attempt to commit terrorism, banditry and sabotage.
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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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/ 10 February 2009
President Robert Mugabe’s regime has reneged on an agreement to release dozens of opposition activists, who have been abducted and severely tortured.
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/ 7 February 2009
Aid from key donors is dependent on parties reaching agreement, writes Jason Moyo.
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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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/ 5 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s MDC on Thursday reported progress in negotiations with the Zanu-PF on forming a unity government after the two sides held talks in SA.
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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
Robert Mugabe has agreed to allow a top-level UN team to visit Zimbabwe to find ways of curbing a cholera epidemic and a hunger crisis.
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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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/ 29 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate has spiked to 94%, meaning that fewer than half a million people there are formally employed, the UN said on Thursday.
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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.