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‘Fit as a fiddle’ Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe

Mugabe’s birthday celebrated in Mutare

Thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Zimbabwe’s town of Mutare for celebrations to mark veteran President Robert Mugabe’s 88th birthday.

Mugabe ‘confident’ of winning 2011 elections

Mugabe ‘confident’ of winning 2011 elections

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said he was ‘confident’ of victory after his party backed him to contest a likely election next year.

Zim judge arrested for granting Bennett bail

A judge in Zimbabwe has been arrested for granting bail to a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a lawyer said on Friday.

MDC’s Bennett formally charged over alleged terror plot

A Zimbabwe politician earmarked to join the new unity government appeared in court on Tuesday to face charges over an alleged terror plot.

Zim vote ‘an exercise in mass intimidation’

Widespread voter intimidation marked Zimbabwe’s one-candidate presidential run-off on Friday.

Mugabe rival denies ‘puppet’ tag

A former finance minister challenging Robert Mugabe for the presidency denied on Sunday he was a Western puppet and said such accusations were to divert attention from Zimbabwe’s…

Joy at Zimbabwe price slash ebbs fast

Shops in Zimbabwe’s normally thriving eastern border city of Mutare are fast running out of stock. Seven days after President Robert Mugabe’s government began a blitz on shops…

Ndebele carnage: ‘Mugabe is afraid of his crimes’

A former ally of President Robert Mugabe says the Zimbabwean leader alone oversaw a 1980s military crackdown that killed more than 20 000 civilians from the Ndebele tribe. Edgar…

MDC behind plot to kill Mugabe, court told

The trial of an ex-soldier accused of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe finally began on Tuesday in Mutare city, with a Zimbabwe army major drawing the opposition…

Arms-cache accused denies trying to topple Mugabe

A white former police reservist on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of hoarding arms as part of an alleged plot to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe as he went on…

Hunger forces Zim girls into forced marriages

Faced with starvation after six years of poor harvests, Zimbabweans are resorting to centuries-old traditions of ”forced marriages” for survival. The practice involves a father…

Mugabe launches new tirade against West

President Robert Mugabe used his official 82nd birthday celebrations on Saturday to launch a new tirade against the West, boosted by a split in the opposition party. In an…

Mutare spruced up ahead of Bob’s birthday bash

A state-appointed commission running Zimbabwe’s fifth largest city of Mutare has ordered property owners in the city to repaint and renovate buildings because the city must look…