Robert Mugabe Plots Second Coming
The leader of Zimbabwe’s newest political party has met up with Robert Mugabe, leading to speculation about whether the former president is really done with politics. Retired Brigadier Ambrose...
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Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai Buried Amid Rivalry In MDC
More than 5,000 people have attended the burial of Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in his home village after he died of colon cancer. The burial was marred by divisions in the party...
Tensions Rise At Tsvangirai Funeral
MDC-T vice president Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Ms Elizabeth Macheka, widow of the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, attended the funeral wake of the politician yesterday despite threats by...
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai ‘critically Ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old former prime minister –...
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ‘critically Ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old former prime minister –...
Zimbabwe Honors Ousted Leader
Mugabe National Holiday – Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president’s birthday a public holiday. This comes...
Zimbabwe Gives Mugabe Power To Appoint Judges
Zimbabwe's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill amending the constitution to give the president sweeping powers to appoint the country's top judges without consulting any other institution. If passed...
Zimbabwe Police Fire Tear Gas At Opposition Protesters
Zimbabwean riot police in the capital Harare fired tear gas and used water cannon on Wednesday to break an opposition protest calling for fair elections next year. The Movement for Democratic Change...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe In Singapore For Medical Check
Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a "routine medical check-up", state media reported Sunday. "President Mugabe on Friday left the country for Singapore for a routine...
Zimbabwe Police Charge Protest Pastor Over Speech
Zimbabwe police arrested prominent protest pastor and anti-government campaigner Evan Mawarire on Monday after he spoke to a group of striking medical students, his family and lawyer said. Mawarire,...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Fires Top Prosecutor For ‘misconduct’
President Robert Mugabe has fired Zimbabwe's top prosecutor, who now faces a misconduct trial, state media reported Saturday, the latest twist in a dispute dating back more than a year. "Suspended...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, 93, Starts Nationwide Speaking Tour
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday launched a nationwide 10-venue speaking tour aimed at drumming up support ahead of elections next year when he plans to seek office again. The 93-year-old...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Leaves For Medical Checks In Singapore
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, the government said in a statement, about two months after his previous such trip to the south Asian nation....
Mugabe Allies Hint They Could Ditch His Party
Zimbabwean war veterans, who have given President Robert Mugabe key support in past, vowed Thursday to rally behind "competent" candidates in next year´s elections even those from the opposition....
Zimbabwe Opposition Call For ‘biased’ Electoral Body To Be Scrapped
A coalition of Zimbabwean opposition parties on Wednesday staged a protest ahead of next year's polls, demanding the disbanding of the state-appointed electoral commission they accuse of hindering...
Mugabe Says He Won’t Turn Down the People’s Plea To Remain President
President Robert Mugabe has given the strongest indication of his candidature for the next presidential elections in Zimbabwe. According to the 93-year-old leader, the people wanted him to stand and...
Zimbabwe Protest Pastor Mawarire Says May Stand Against Mugabe
A Zimbabwean pastor who led a popular protest movement last year against strongman President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he might stand in the 2018 general election. Evan Mawarire was publicly...