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International organisation attacks Morgan Tsvangirai

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Zimbabwean Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has come under rare attack from an international human rights group accusing his party of shielding abuses by ZANU PF in a bid to save Zimbabwe’s fragile government.

Foreign and Nigerian businesses to face indigenisation law

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A radical black empowerment lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has resolved to flush out all foreigners especially Nigerian businessmen in Zimbabwe by all means to pave way for locals.

Zimbabwe: Zuma’s tough negotiations with Zanu-Pf and MDC emerge

Mon, Mar 22, 2010

Finer details of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma mediation trip to Zimbabwe are starting to emerge. Last week, Zuma spent two days in Harare locked up in talks with political rivals, Mugabe’s Zanu PF and the premier Tvsanagirai’s MDC.

Oscar winning Prudence Mabhena’s runaway parents reappear

Wed, Mar 24, 2010

A Zimbabwe man who fathered but abandoned a Oscar Award winning disabled woman for a decade is now begging for forgiveness.

Zimbabwe veterans vow to fight homosexuals

Tue, Jun 01, 2010

Zimbabwe’s ageing liberation fighters have made a vow : “there will be no room for gays in Zimbabwe". They say it is against what they fought for during the liberation struggle.

Fear grips village over army drills

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

Zimbabwe National Army on Friday conducted rare military drills in public in which commanders said it was a “show of power and to test new conventional warfare concepts”.

Mugabe's 'rumblings with no thunder graveside speech' causes a diplomatic furore

Mugabe's 'rumblings with no thunder graveside speech' causes a diplomatic furore

Tue, Aug 03, 2010

A damaging diplomatic row was brewing in Harare Monday with western diplomats indicating that they would leave Zimbabwe after President Mugabe told them to ‘go to hell’.(Picture: Mugabe 86, seems to be clutching on a straw for his dear political life as sanctions bite his ageing inner circle of friends and family)

Morocco and Swaziland Kings among the richest royals in the world

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, 46, in 2008 held the seventh position among the richest royals in the world, according to Forbes magazine’s top 15 wealthiest royals. Mohammed VI’s wealth, estimated at 500 million in 2000, has grown five times more in ten years.

Gukurahundi noose tightens on Mugabe

Sun, Sep 19, 2010

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his top military commanders are likely to end up at The Hague to answer charges of genocide after an influential group that campaigns against mass murder last week listed the 1980s massacre of over 20 000 civilians in Matabeleland as genocide.

2011 elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe could be bloody

Mon, Jan 03, 2011

The 2011 elections in Zambia have been predicted to become the bloodiest ever if the government does not put in place measures to stop violence, Colonel Panji Kaunda has warned. But in neighboring Zimbabwe, polls could be postponed to pave way for the completion of constitutional reforms.

Botswana warns Libya amid suspected Zimbabwe mercenaries

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

Botswana, a small Southern African nation has threatened to cut all diplomatic ties with strife-torn Libya while its neighbour, Zimbabwe, is suspected of having mercenaries in the North African country.