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Mozambique threatens to cut power to Zimbabwe
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
MOZAMBIQUE has threatened to cut off power supply to Zimbabwe over a US$5 million debt. Hydro Cahora Basa supplies Zimbabwe with about 500 megawatts to cover shortfalls.
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Zimbabwe PM was set-up
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
HARARE — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s 2003-2004 treason trial was a virtual “intelligence sting”, documents in possession of the Weekend Post show.
Mujuru Fire Evidence Tampered With - Forensic Expert Mujuru Fire Evidence Tampered With - Forensic Expert
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
HARARE –A South African Police forensic scientist who examined the debris of the burnt late retired Army Chief Solomon Mujuru told the court that they failed to detect the cause of the fire which gutted the General’s house because the way the debris was collected and transported to South Africa was not properly done.
Benin president Yayi new African Union chairman
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi was elected the African Union Chairman Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, officials said.
Magistrate dismisses request by Mujuru family
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Harare magistrate Walter Chikwanha on Monday dismissed an application by the family of the late army general Solomon Mujuru, who want an independent examination by a foreign based pathologist.
Cause of Zimbabwe general's killer blaze unknown: expert
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
HARARE — Investigators could not find out what caused the fire that killed former Zimbabwean army chief Solomon Mujuru last year, a forensic expert said on Monday.
Under fire Biti explains how money was spent
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Finance Minister Tendai Biti, under police investigation as to how the controversial $500-million Zimbabwe received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2009 was used, says the funds were spent on infrastructure projects and alleviating the chronic liquidity crisis in the financial market.
Zimbabwe reduces HIV transmission
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Zimbabwe has managed to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission to 18 percent which helps take the country to within the recommended five percent risk levels, Press TV reports.
More than 1 mln Zimbabweans need food aid
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
HARARE - More than a million people in Zimbabwe will require food aid between now and March 2012, a United Nations agency said on Monday, despite recent improvements in the country's grain production.
Gadhafi Son Seif Al-Islam Seized In Southern Libya
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam — the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large — was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. Thunderous celebratory gunfire shook the Libyan capital as the news spread.
Libyan Rebels Take Control Of Green Square
Sun, Aug 21, 2011
Libyan rebels have taken control of the capital Tripoli's Green Square, as the end of Colonel Gaddafi's regime appears to draw ever closer reports Sky News.
Zimbabwe double their lead
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
YOU JUST CAN'T STOP HIM: Zimbabwe's left arm-seamer Brian Vitori (L) celebrates after removing Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan in the second ODI at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Vitori's second-successive five-wicket haul helped the hosts to win the match by seven wicket
In Pictures:I'm not ill, says Zimbabwe's Mugabe
Sun, May 22, 2011
Zimbabwe’s 87-year-old president has scoffed at speculation over his health as “misplaced”, adding that he and his wife are fitness enthusiasts.
Obama watches as Osama is sent to meet his 72 virgins
Tue, May 03, 2011
Intense: President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, alongside other Security staff, watch the mission unfold at the White House
No going back: Mugabe to eat his own words as Zuma remains stern but fair on Zimbabwe
Tue, Apr 05, 2011
Mr Zuma was heavily criticised in Zimbabwe’s state media last weekend. "Bemused people have often asked: how does the disaster- prone Zuma manage to run Africa’s biggest economy?" a Sunday Mail editorial asked. "The answer is really simple: he does not run anything, not even a tuck shop in Soweto.
Who filled Zim mass grave?
Thu, Mar 31, 2011
Hundreds of skeletons found in a mine shaft have brought a macabre thrust to election campaigning in Zimbabwe - but Pathologists say visual evidence may point to more recent killings.
Moyo wins Speaker of Parly vote AGAIN
Tue, Mar 29, 2011
It all seems Jonathan Moyo and Simon khaya Moyo might have voted for the wrong Moyo after all as at least 4 Zanu PF Mps voted for the MDC candidate in the speaker vote.
Zimbabwe gets US$700 million from China
Tue, Mar 22, 2011
HARARE – China yesterday unveiled nearly $700 million lending to Zimbabwe, in the biggest package of loans from communist Beijing to this land locked but mineral rich southern African state, but demanded that Harare stay away from taking local Chinese businesses under its controversial indigenisation drive.
Mugabe's health woes sparks intense infighting in Zanu PF
Sun, Mar 06, 2011
As anxiety grows about President Robert Mugabe's health, divisions in Zanu-PF have worsened, with the two main camps angling to succeed the veteran leader intensifying their internal battle for control of the party.
Libya in crisis: Gadhafi’s criminal fury
Wed, Feb 23, 2011
For four decades, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi has been a ruthless despot, a violently erratic terrorist precursor to Al Qaeda, and a pariah. Now the man who bankrolled Palestinian and other terrorist groups and whose agents infamously bombed a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, and a French UTA jet over the Sahara seems determined to add “war criminal” to the list.
Libya fighting continues as officials step down from Gadhafi government
Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Protester death toll reported to be in the hundreds as Libyan officials, diplomats and soldiers disown Gadhafi's regime.
Zimbabwe Attorney General Backs Away From Reported Wikileaks Inquiry
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
(Pictured: Tomana the AG another Mugabe side-kick) Party hardliners led by ZANU-PF Chairman Simon Khaya Moyo have called for Prime Minister Tsvangirai’s prosecution for treason for allegedly conspiring with Washington to unseat President Mugabe
Ivory Coast governed from hotel room
Sun, Dec 12, 2010
Abidjan - From a hotel room just big enough to hold a bed and a desk, the man considered the legitimate president of Ivory Coast is trying to govern a troubled nation whose sitting president refuses to leave.
Hungry Africa needs to focus on agriculture, new book says
Thu, Dec 02, 2010
Calestous Juma, a development scientist, says Africa can turn around by improving roads and transportation, training engineers and using irrigation, solar energy and more technology.
"Whether he likes it or not Mugabe's time has come an end" - Bennet
Fri, Nov 19, 2010
Roy Bennett, a Zimbabwean politician who has come under repeated attack from President Robert Mugabe, said the long-time leader's rule is coming to an end.
Home Office to lift ban on deporting failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
The four-year-old ban on sending more than 10,000 failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe is to be lifted, the immigration minister, Damian Green, has announced.
S. African envoys seek to rescue shaky Zimbabwe power-sharing deal
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe -- South African President Jacob Zuma has sent a delegation to neighboring Zimbabwe to rescue what appears to be a cracking power-sharing government formed last year by President Robert Mugabe and his former political foe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
EU says Zimbabwe ambassador row is 'serious matter'
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday expressed "great concern" over President Robert Mugabe's unilateral appointment of new Zimbabwe ambassadors to the bloc as well as to other institutions and capitals.
Zimbabwe makes more diamond discoveries
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's top mining official said Sunday there were reports of new diamond discoveries in several parts of the country. Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said there were reports of new diamond discoveries in three other provinces in the country, but did not give details, merely saying government was moving on the sites to secure them and prospect.
SA wants EU to lift Zimbabwe sanctions
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Johannesburg - South Africa will press again this week for the European Union to lift targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe, the country's foreign affairs spokesperson Saul Kgomotso Molobi said.
Juliet Mashoko, "I was beaten on the head and all over the body"
Sat, Sep 25, 2010
Juliet Mashoko, a 61 year old grand mother, and victim of political violence during the 2008 Zimbabwe elections
Mugabe's thugs: Woman who took part in violent attacks on white farmers in Zimbabwe denied UK asylum
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
A woman who admitted taking part in savage evictions of white farmers from their homes in Zimbabwe lost her bid for asylum after a High Court judge accused her of ‘crimes against humanity.’
'Progress and madness' in Zimbabwe:PM
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
While Zimbabwe is making "tangible" progress, the "madness" still persists, its prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe to become world largest diamond-producing country by 2013
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
Brussels, Belgium - Zimbabwe will become the largest producer of diamond in the world by 2013, with an expected volume of 40 million carats per year, to be produced from the rich deposits in Marange, the former director of the Diamond High Council (HRD), Filip Van Laere, revealed on his return from a visit to Zimbabwe.
Tsvangirai tipped to win next poll by a landslide : NewsDay
Tue, Sep 14, 2010
HARARE - A survey commissioned by NewsDay on the voting intentions of Zimbabweans has revealed MDC-T will win the next general election while Zanu PF will come second and the revived Zapu a distant third, but 40% of the electorate might not vote.
Striking Air Zim pilots get return to work ultimatum
Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have been issued with a 24-hour ultimatum to return to work or face dismissal, says state media.
Zimbabwe seeks S.Africa credit, overdraft facility:Biti
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe is seeking 3.25 billion rand in an overdraft and credit facility from South Africa, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse the effects of a decade-long political and economic crisis.
Sell out? We all agreed on the letter to Zuma - Mutambara
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
THE decision to appoint provincial governors simultaneously with the lifting of the illegal economic sanctions was reached by all three principals to the Global Political Agreement; Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara said yesterday.
Harare airport 'crash' just an emergency drill - British foreign Affairs
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office said a reported incident at Zimbabwe's Harare Airport on Thursday was a drill and no aircraft had been involved in an accident.
Tsvangirai to address a 'star' rally in Hwange
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
Zimbabwe Prime Minister President Morgan Tsvangirai will on Saturday present an overview of the performance of the inclusive government to party supporters in the mining town of Hwange, more than 300 km northwest of Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo. ( File Picture: Tsvangirai draws big crowds of supporters at MDC rallies)
Retired Lt. Gen. Peter Walls dies in exile in South Africa
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — A veterans' group says the last white commander of forces that opposed the guerrilla armies that swept Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to power has died.
SADC Tribunal orders Zimbabwe not to interfere on white-owned farms
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A southern African court on Friday ruled in favour of two white Zimbabwean farmers contesting eviction orders by the government and referred the dispute over Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme to next month’s summit of regional leaders to be held in Namibia.
Kimberley Process Reaches Deal With Zimbabwe
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Negotiators from the Kimberley Process reached a deal with the Zimbabwe government that will let the country export diamonds from the Marange region while agreeing to a strict regime of monitoring and supervision.
Detained foreigners ' terrorists' not terrorists : Police
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwean police on Tuesday said that two foreigners arrested at the South African border in June were not terrorists, and they accused the media of jumping to conclusions about the identity of the duo and the nature of their mission.
Zimbabwe Diamonds Fail to Get Conflict-Free Approval
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — An international undertaking to prevent the trade in diamonds that fuel conflict ended in a stalemate Thursday over whether to approve Zimbabwe’s export of millions of carats of newly-mined diamonds, but the nation threatened to sell the stones on its own anyway.
PM fires 4 MDC ministers
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday reshuffled cabinet ministers from his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party in a move seen as the premier’s growing dissatisfaction over the performance of some of his colleagues serving in a coalition government with President Robert Mugabe.( PIC: OUT Giles Mutseyekwa)
Kim Jong-il and Robert Mugabe top list of world's worst dictators
Tue, Jun 22, 2010
North Korean and Zimbabwean leaders Kim Jong-il and Robert Mugabe have been ranked as the world's worst two dictators by an annual survey which regards the African nation as among the world's ten most failed states.
Zimbabwe leaders urge tolerance in constitution push
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
HARARE — Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe and his one-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai launched a joint drive Wednesday to draft a new constitution, urging people to show tolerance and shun violence.
