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  • March 2008

    • Mugabe Packs Voter Rolls With Zombies

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 18, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Mugabe Packs Voter Rolls With Zombies

      (Newser) - Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe are liable to have a tough time taking votes away from Robert Mugabe's party in next week's elections, the Times of London reports. They say voting lists have been packed with the names of dead and nonexistent people to allow Mugabe supporters to vote repeatedly and give him a huge majority. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • election fraud  • Rhodesia

    • Mugabe OKs Nationalizing Foreign Companies

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 10, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      Mugabe OKs Nationalizing Foreign Companies

      (Newser) - With 3 weeks to go before the presidential election, Robert Mugabe has signed legislation allowing the government of Zimbabwe to take over foreign- and white-owned businesses, the Financial Times reports. With his ex-finance minister mounting a strong challenge, the incumbent is returning to a tested strategy—his party used land confiscations from whites to help it win elections in 2000 and 2002. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Unilever

  • February 2008

    • Zimbabwe's Inflation Rate Hits 100,000%

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 21, 08 12:53 PM CST

      Zimbabwe's Inflation Rate Hits 100,000%

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe's inflation rate is running at 100,000%, according to the government's statistics office—but that's not the worst news. Insane as that number may sound, it's probably an underestimation, writes the Telegraph . In Harare, where shelves are bare and money is being printed at breakneck speed, a single cigarette now costs Z$500,000. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • inflation  • corruption  • currency exchange

    • Mugabe to Face Rare Challenger

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 6, 08 12:55 PM CST

      Mugabe to Face Rare Challenger

      (Newser) - A deposed finance minister has announced he will run for president of Zimbabwe in elections next month, a rare challenge to Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the country since 1980. Simba Makoni tried to push through reforms to slow Zimbabwe's economic collapse, the Times of London reports, but was sacked by Mugabe, who called him an "economic saboteur." More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • election  • Movement for Democratic Change  • Simba Makoni

  • January 2008

    • Mugabe Foe Briefly Arrested Ahead of Rally

      Mail & Guardian (South Africa)  |  Jan 23, 08 10:42 AM CST

      Mugabe Foe Briefly Arrested Ahead of Rally

      (Newser) - Robert Mugabe's main opponent was arrested in the middle of the night ahead of a planned rally today in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, reports the Mail and Guardian . He was later released without charge. Police have banned Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change from holding a demonstration, but the opposition leader has vowed it will go ahead. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • inflation  • Morgan Tsvangirai

  • December 2007

    • Defiant African Leaders Reject EU Trade Deal

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 10, 07 4:03 AM CST

      Defiant African Leaders Reject EU Trade Deal

      (Newser) - European-African trade talks at a tense Lisbon summit collapsed in their final session yesterday. If a new agreement isn’t reached by year’s end, the European Union may levy higher tariffs on African exports, further exacerbating tensions between the continents. A new, controversial set of agreements would have dropped duty on most imports from Africa in exchange for granting Europe liberalized access to African markets. More »

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      European Union  • Zimbabwe  • Gordon Brown  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Europe  • South Africa  • Angela Merkel  • Thabo Mbeki  • African Union  • tariffs  • WTO  • Lisbon  • Senegal

    • Germany Rips African Ruler at Trade Talks

      Reuters  |  Dec 8, 07 3:51 PM CST

      Germany Rips African Ruler at Trade Talks

      (Newser) - Germany blasted Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe today as the EU began a historic trade summit with Africa, Reuters reports. Mugabe listened as German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared Zimbabwe’s human rights crisis “damaging the image of the new Africa.” Such issues loom on the first day of the summit, which aims to open trade with the commodity-rich continent. More »

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      Germany  • European Union  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Angela Merkel

    • EU Makes Nice With Africa

      Economist  |  Dec 7, 07 8:10 PM CST

      EU Makes Nice With Africa

      (Newser) - The EU will pooh-pooh human rights issues this weekend as it woos Africa with new trade pacts at a rare summit in Lisbon, the Economist reports. With China and India snapping up more African resources, Europe plans to offer friendly deals that leave out human rights demands. But the EU's invite to strong-arm Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was too much for Britain, which refused to attend. More »

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      China  • India  • European Union  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Sudan  • natural resources  • Lisbon

  • November 2007

    • Mugabe Seizes Platinum and Diamond Mines

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 21, 07 7:32 AM CST

      Mugabe Seizes Platinum and Diamond Mines

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe's catastrophic economic situation got still worse yesterday as Robert Mugabe announced a new law giving the government controlling stakes in the country's platinum and diamond mines. The Times of London writes that the state may now take control of 51% of all mining companies and has to pay for only half of it. One economist called the plan "damaging in the extreme." More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • mining

    • Rhodesian PM Ian Smith Dies at 88

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 20, 07 9:47 PM CST

      Rhodesian PM Ian Smith Dies at 88

      (Newser) - Ian Smith, the Rhodesian leader who unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965 and defended white rule for 15 tumultuous years, died today at 88. Seen as a symbol of  African colonial-era racism, Smith was unrepentant during his lifetime, arguing that what is now Zimbabwe suffered more under the tenure of current President Robert Mugabe, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Great Britain  • obituary  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • South Africa  • independence  • apartheid  • colonialism  • Rhodesia

  • September 2007

    • Mugabe to Foreign Firms: We Own You

      BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 3:00 AM CDT

      Mugabe to Foreign Firms: We Own You

      (Newser) - A bill backed by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe requiring foreign companies to turn over majority control to black Zimbabweans has passed the country's parliament, reports the BBC. The goal of the bill is to give economic power to anyone "disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on race grounds," but it is likely to discourage foreign firms from investing in the struggling nation. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe

    • Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      ABC News  |  Sep 26, 07 5:17 AM CDT

      Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      (Newser) - A draft of President Bush's speech to the United Nations included phonetic spellings to help him pronounce difficult names like sar-KOzee, according to a copy of the speech accidentally posted for a time on the UN website. It was up long enough for reporters to see it, much to the embarrassment of the White House, reports ABC. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Robert Mugabe  • White House  • Dana Perino  • Caracas  • Harare  • Mauritania  • UN General Assembly

    • Britain Boycotts African Summit

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 20, 07 4:45 AM CDT

      Britain Boycotts African Summit

      (Newser) - Britain will boycott a summit bringing together leaders of the European Union and  African states because of the expected presence of  Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the  Independent  he wants to send a powerful message of concern to the leader responsible for widespread torture and the economic collapse of the once prosperous African nation. More »

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      Great Britain  • European Union  • Zimbabwe  • Gordon Brown  • Robert Mugabe  • boycott  • African Union  • summit  • Desmond Tutu  • Lisbon

    • Mugabe Critic Quits Over Sex Scandal

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 12, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Mugabe Critic Quits Over Sex Scandal

      (Newser) - An archbishop and prominent critic of Robert Mugabe's regime has resigned his Catholic Church leadership position after being accused of having an affair with a married woman. Pius Ncube remains a bishop, and his supporters say they see the authoritarian Zimbabwean regime behind the scandal, which Ncube calls "a state-driven, vicious attack," the LA Times reports. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • scandals  • Catholic Church  • sex scandal  • human rights  • Vatican  • resignation

  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Collapse Looms in Zimbabwe

      BBC  |  Jun 14, 07 9:56 AM CDT

      Collapse Looms in Zimbabwe

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe could suffer a full structural collapse in the next few months, the BBC reports. According to a memo distributed to aid workers, shops may resort to barter and utilities may shut down entirely in the country, on account of unbridled inflation that's already the world's highest at 3,714%. More »

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      US economy  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • inflation

  • May 2007
  • March 2007

    • Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 15, 07 1:46 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

      (Newser) - When Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's police force brutally beat the leader of an opposition party, Morgan Tsvangirai, they might have unwittingly  created their own Nelson Mandela. Photographs of a battered Tsvangirai being led to a hospital in police custody Tuesday circulated around the globe, prompting impassioned cries of protest. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • violence  • Nelson Mandela

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