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Zim leaders in talks as unity govt hangs in the balance
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai held talks on Thursday on critical issues that threaten to derail their unity government.
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Zimbabwe ‘is still bleeding’
Pikai sometimes drops in at Clay’s home for a bite to eat and a chat, and Pikai returns the favour by letting his neighbour collect water.
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‘Blood diamonds’ team starts Zim probe
An international group is in Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of mass murder by government soldiers in a diamond field in the east of the country.
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Mugabe: Tsvangirai crash was ‘the hand of God’
Robert Mugabe said the car crash that killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was ”the hand of God”, speaking at a funeral service on Tuesday.
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Zim asks for $2-billion amid political problems
President Robert Mugabe has rejected demands that he dismiss two discredited officials, while the government asked its neighbours for -billion.
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Tsvangirai: Mugabe willing to free detainees
The prime minister in Zimbabwe’s new coalition government said on Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe has agreed to free political prisoners.
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Scathing attack on Zim’s bloated govt
Zimbabwe opposition groups have launched a scathing attack following a decision by their leaders to add more ministers to the government.
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Tsvangirai calls for reconciliation
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for national reconciliation and forgiveness on Sunday after years of political conflict.
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Mugabe marks 85th year with a bang as Zim limps along
President Robert Mugabe, who turns 85 on Saturday, has led Zimbabwe to total ruin during his 29 years in power, while he has lived a life of luxury.
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Britain offers a home to elderly subjects in Zim
A few hundred elderly Britons living in Zimbabwe are being offered resettlement back home to protect them from worsening conditions.
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Report: Mugabe buys $5-million home in Hong Kong
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has bought a -million home in Hong Kong, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.
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MDC’s Bennett charged with ‘banditry, sabotage’
The treason charges against ministerial nominee Roy Bennett have been dropped and replaced with attempt to commit terrorism, banditry and sabotage.
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‘Zanu-PF not ready to work with anyone’
Zimbabwe’s new finance minister said on Saturday a top opposition figure’s arrest showed Mugabe’s party was not ready to work with its former rivals.
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Zimbabwe finance minister to focus on stability
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday appointed Tendai Biti to be finance minister and said he would focus on creating economic stability.
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Tsvangirai names Biti as Zim finance minister
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday appointed Tendai Biti as finance minister in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
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Mugabe regime goes back on deal over activists
President Robert Mugabe’s regime has reneged on an agreement to release dozens of opposition activists, who have been abducted and severely tortured.
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Zimbabwe’s tiny window
Aid from key donors is dependent on parties reaching agreement, writes Jason Moyo.
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Zim judge throws out Biti treason case
A judge has ended the treason trial of a top Zimbabwean opposition leader, saying prosecutors appear unprepared to proceed.
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Tendai Biti’s treason trial set for May
The treason trial of the secretary general of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, Tendai Biti, has been set for May 4.
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MDC reports progress in Zim unity talks
Zimbabwe’s MDC on Thursday reported progress in negotiations with the Zanu-PF on forming a unity government after the two sides held talks in SA.
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Zim MPs postpone constitutional debate
Zimbabwe’s rival parties on Wednesday postponed a parliamentary debate on constitutional amendments that would pave the way for a unity government.
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Mugabe: Western sanctions to blame for Zim crisis
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday blamed Western sanctions for his country’s economic collapse, which has left millions jobless and hungry.
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Mugabe agrees to visit by UN humanitarian team
Robert Mugabe has agreed to allow a top-level UN team to visit Zimbabwe to find ways of curbing a cholera epidemic and a hunger crisis.
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Zim cholera cases close to 63 000
The number of people infected by Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic has risen to almost 63 000, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
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MDC takes the plunge
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC decided on Friday to enter a unity government with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, an opposition party official said.
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Exiled top MDC official returns to Zim
Roy Bennett, the top pro-democracy official pursued by Zimbabwean secret police, slipped quietly into Zimbabwe early on Friday.
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MDC to back Tsvangirai on joining unity govt
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to win his party’s backing to join a unity government with the Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF.
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Zim unemployment skyrockets
Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate has spiked to 94%, meaning that fewer than half a million people there are formally employed, the UN said on Thursday.
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Zanu-PF ‘prepared to form unilateral govt’
Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF said on Tuesday it is prepared to form a government on its own if the MDC won’t join it — a move certain to anger the West.
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Zim opposition: We have not agreed to unity govt
SADC leaders declared on Tuesday that Zimbabwe’s rival parties had agreed to form a unity government, but the opposition said that was not the case.
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SADC wants new Zim govt by mid-February
Southern African leaders on Tuesday gave Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai until mid-February to form a unity government.
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai held secret meeting
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe last week acceded to a secret meeting with his rival Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe state media reported on Monday.
