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Zimbabwe refugees may be sent back
Mon, Feb 28, 2011
The British government is to end its two-year suspension of deportations of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe because the concession has been abused, the immigration minister, Des Browne, announced on Tuesday
Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009
Thu, Dec 03, 2009
A Geneva-based international trade lawyer whose poignant, humane and funny collection of stories about her home country, Zimbabwe, has impressed critics was tonight named winner of the Guardian First Book Award.
Senior South African politician wants Tendai Mtawarira to be deported
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
A senior politician in South Africa wants Tendai "The Beast" Mtawarira, the Sharks prop whose scrummaging sent South Africa on their way to winning last summer's series against the Lions, thrown out of the country and deported to Zimbabwe, where he was born and brought up.
Plans for all-night Robert Mugabe birthday party 'are insensitive'
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Plans to hold a lavish all-night birthday party for the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, were today condemned as insensitive to the suffering of the country's people.
Brown apologises for Britain's 'shameful' child migrant policy
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Gordon Brown today offered a "full and unconditional" apology to tens of thousands of British children exiled overseas who suffered physical and sexual abuse in orphanages and labour farms in Commonwealth countries including Zimbabwe.
African leaders show there are many countries for old men
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Robert Mugabe is the eldest statesman on a continent where age is seldom a barrier to power
Zimbabwean police return pictures of human rights violations to gallery
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Zimbabwean police today returned graphic photos of human rights violations under President Robert Mugabe to an art gallery they had raided 24 hours earlier.
Stay out of Africa this time, Nelson Mandela's wife tells Britain
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
One of Africa's most eminent political figures has condemned Britain for taking a patronising "big brother" attitude to its former colonies.
Iran's Africa foray no cause for panic
Wed, Apr 28, 2010
China's ever increasing geopolitical penetration of and presence in Africa has attracted much interest. China is not alone in these strategic manoeuvrings. Iran is expanding its economic links to Africa in order to cope with American and European isolation and restrictions on financial dealings. But President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's trips to Zimbabwe and Uganda last week could reflect two different strategic ambitions of Iran in Africa: circumventing America and Europe's ban on the export to Iran of materials usable in the development of nuclear weapons; and influencing United Nations security council debate on its nuclear programme.
Zimbabwe crime victims drive accused to court
Tue, May 04, 2010
As car journeys go, they are likely to consist of strained conversations and long silences reminiscent of a feuding couple. Victims of crime in Zimbabwe are being forced to chauffeur those accuse of wronging them to court.
What the foreign press is saying about the UK's coalition talks
Wed, May 12, 2010
How does the foreign media view Gordon Brown's resignation and the backroom deals to form a new government in Britain?
Zimbabwe culture festival battles against the odds
Fri, May 14, 2010
From infectious Afro-fusion rhythms to plays dealing with political violence, the Harare International Festival aims to showcase the best of Zimbabwean arts – but organising it was far from easy
World Cup Bomb 'Plot' Was Just An Idea - Al-Qaida
Thu, May 20, 2010
Plans to attack World Cup in South Africa never got off the page, Abdullah Azzam Salih Misfir told Iraqi TV station.
Special Report:Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Sun, May 23, 2010
Picture: The secret military agreement signed by Shimon Peres, now president of Israel, and P W Botha of South Africa. Photograph: Guardian
UK to deport child asylum seekers to Afghanistan
Tue, Jun 08, 2010
The UK Border Agency is to set up a £4m "reintegration centre" in Afghanistan so that it can start deporting unaccompanied child asylum seekers to Kabul from Britain, the Guardian can disclose.
World Cup 2010 World Cup dream: Child refugees risk all to reach South Africa
Sun, Jun 13, 2010
Growing numbers of youngsters are putting their lives in danger to cross the South African border, drawn by the dream of sporting riches
Special report: Zimbabwe rulers running diamond trade with 'corruption and violence'
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Global Witness group calls on Zimbabwe to withdraw army from Marange diamond fields and suspend diamond trade writes Mark Tran in the Guardian
Cut In immigration not good for UK
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Office for Budget Responsibility predicts curbs on immigration and costs of an ageing society will slow economy's growth rate
Anna Bruce-Lockhart: Zimbabwe's girls fight back
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
As a 24-year-old teacher Betty Makoni realised that two-thirds of the girls at her school were dropping out of class – mostly due to poverty, rape and infection with HIV. Having lost her mother to domestic violence and herself been a victim of sexual abuse, Betty started a group where girls could discuss their problems and support each other. Her Girl Child Network now supports 700 girls' clubs across Zimbabwe writes Anna Bruce-Lockhart in the Guardian
Aids scientists call for month of sex abstinence
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
Campaign 'could cut new transmissions by 45%' and infection cycle would be broken, say Swazi officials
Joshua Nkomo supporters insulted by plans to put up his statue in Harare
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
Plans for a statue of a leader of the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe have been branded an insult to the victims of massacres ordered by president Robert Mugabe.
Ireland footballer faces deportation after asylum seeker bid fails
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
Oscar Sibanda, a Zimbabwean player for Shelbourne FC, fears persecution if he is forced to return to homeland
Nelson Mandela gives World Cup a dream finale with a wave and a smile
Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Former president caps nation-building tournament spirit with appearance at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium
The 'big society' needs religion
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
The 'big society' will not work unless it is informed by religious ideas of free and reciprocal giving writes Adrian Pabst in the UK's Guardian
Deportation fast-track system for asylum seekers ruled illegal
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Medical Justice, a group that helps detainees, wins case against government over removal of people with little or no notice reports UK's Guardian
Benjani Mwaruwari closes in on Blackburn Rovers move
Wed, Aug 11, 2010
Blackburn Rovers are considering a move for Benjani Mwaruwari following the Zimbabwe international's release by Manchester City.
Blessing-Miles Tendi : After Robert Mugabe
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
During August, Robert Mugabe was pictured walking unsteadily and requiring the assistance of aides when going up and downstairs at various summits.
Plans to cap number of skilled workers under scrutiny
Tue, Sep 07, 2010
MPs to quiz chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee amid concerns that caps on skilled labour could drive business abroad
UK PM's father passes away
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
Ian Cameron dies aged 77 after being admitted to hospital suffering a stroke and heart problems
Car crash tragedy of gay couple in kiss photo that rocked South Africa
Thu, Sep 09, 2010
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Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres
Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Immigration minister Damian Green announces intention to 'minimise' detention of children rather than end practice
Peter Godwin:Robert Mugabe's 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Rhodesian-born journalist Peter Godwin returned to Zimbabwe in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 presidential election. In this extract from his new book, The Fear, he describes meeting victims of Mugabe's terror
David Smith:Tsvangirai seems to find coalition easier than Nick Clegg does
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Zimbabwe's prime minister has been beaten and had an election stolen, but he speaks warmly of Mugabe and power sharing
Madness: Mugabe goes hip-hop
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
Revolting and absurd as the old despot Mugabe tries to beat the clock.
Mugabe and allies own 40% of land seized from white farmers – inquiry
Tue, Nov 30, 2010
Zimbabwean president is said to have used the land reforms to reward his supporters rather than ordinary black Zimbabweans
Nookie Leaks:WikiLeaks cables reveal secret plan to push Mugabe out in Zimbabwe
Wed, Dec 08, 2010
Bloodless coup plotted by exiles involved president sharing power with a prime minister – as eventually happened
Mugabe being helped by diamond industry say campaigners
Sun, Jan 30, 2011
Zimbabwe's dictator Robert Mugabe is helping to prop up his power base with cash from Chiadzwa diamond auctions, it is claimed
China poised to pour $10bn into Zimbabwe's ailing economy
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Zimbabwean government rejects concern that Beijing cash could prop up Mugabe, and says investment can turn economy around
Home Office falsely imprisoned sex offender
Wed, May 25, 2011
LONDON, United Kingdom - Zimbabwean man Shepard Kambadzi was detained under immigration law powers day before he was due to be released
Jacob Zuma to meet Muammar Gaddafi in last-ditch peace bid
Sun, May 29, 2011
Young Libyan volunteers engage in military exercises at a training camp on 29 May in preparation for going to the frontline to fight for the rebels against Muammar Gaddafi. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
Barack Obama: can anybody beat him?
Sun, May 29, 2011
US economy seems to be the only obstacle between the resurgent president and re-election
Zimbabwe's ruling party shrouded in suspicion after ex-military chief dies
Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Fire death of Solomon Mujuru, husband of Robert Mugabe's deputy, exposes Zanu-PF infighting to succeed president
Silvio Berlusconi: a story of unfulfilled promises
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
The most influential Italian politician since Mussolini has done much to damage his country's standing and prospects writes the GUARDIAN.
Police told me to relax passport rules, says former borders chief
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Theresa May, the home secretary, faces a fight for her political career when Brodie Clark, the senior civil servant who resigned from the UK Borders Agency over an immigration dispute, is expected to reveal that he only ever relaxed passport controls to non-EU citizens on the advice of police.
Russian police and troops clash with protesters in Moscow
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov reportedly among those arrested on second day of protests against rule of Vladimir Putin report the Guardian newspaper of UK
UK Home Office loses legal battle over asylum seekers
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
European court rules that asylum seekers cannot be removed to other EU countries if they risk being treated 'inhumanely'
Russian anti-Putin protests draw thousands to Moscow again
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Second demonstration over vote-rigging claims in a month could see more than 40,000 rally in centre of capital (Picture: Demonstrators in Moscow held a poster of Vladimir Putin draped in a condom after he compared the protest symbol of a white ribbon to a sheath)
Racist Chinese bosses abuse African workers
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE - In the evening gloom the vast complex emerges into view. Beyond a high security wall, insects dance in the beam of a giant floodlight. Men are still hard at work in the skeletons of concrete tower blocks, and standing at the centre of it all is the arch of a Chinese pagoda.
Zimbabwe gold deposits 'claimed' by Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Gold rush by illegal panners leads to report that Zanu-PF has seized control of wealth
