The security forces in Zimbabwe cannot fulfil all their functions because of a lack of money, a report says.
Zimbabwe’s warnings of military action in Mozambique have raised questions about the Zimbabwean army’s abilities.
The military’s increasing involvement in private enterprise has raised concern that it is preparing to back up a parallel government.
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Zimbabwe’s unity government agreed to stop hiring public servants, but some departments are adding staff.
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The opposition’s attempt to win the army in Zimbabwe is not new and is unlikely to succeed as the military is keen to prove its loyalty to Mugabe.
A report says Zimbabwe’s upcoming election cannot be free and fair as there are still too many unresolved problems.
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A democracy institute has called for reforms ahead of elections as the security sector remains in charge of Zimbabwe’s political landscape.
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President Robert Mugabe is unlikely to agree on a code of conduct to define the role of the police and army in the upcoming elections, say officials.
Zimbabwe’s army is supplying militants with weapons to intimidate voters to ensure that Robert Mugabe wins a possible run-off in the presidential election, Human Rights Watch said. In a statement released late on Tuesday, it said military forces had equipped war veterans with weapons and trucks to scare Zimbabweans into backing Mugabe.
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/ 11 January 2008
Zimbabwe has drafted in soldiers to help move food aid and medicines to hundreds of flood victims in the north of the country, reports said on Friday. An army vehicle and army personnel are in Muzarabani in Mashonaland Central province, where several hundreds of villagers were displaced by floods in December, the Herald said.