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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe stories: 188 news summaries

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Britain Boycotts African Summit

Brown takes stand against torture, intimidation in Mugabe's Zimbabwe

Sep 20, 07 4:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Mugabe Critic Quits Over
Sex Scandal

Archbishop's supporters suspect regime is behind adultery lawsuit

Sep 12, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Price Cuts Ruin Zimbabwe's Economy

Mugabe's radical 'solution' to spiraling inflation backfires

Aug 2, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A radical attempt to curb Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation by cutting prices up to 50% has backfired on President Robert Mugabe's government, which is now teetering on the brink of collapse, the New York Times reports. Store shelves are empty; bread, sugar, and cornmeal, the staples of Zimbabwean's diet, are depleted. More »

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inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • hunger • gas • middle class • US economy • shortage • hyper-inflation

Zimbabwe Arrests Dozens in Price Wars

Businesses flout strict cost-control
laws as inflation passes 3,700%

Jul 9, 07 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 1,328 businesspeople, including 33 top executives, for violating official price controls installed to curb uncontrollable currency devaluation. The new regulations demand that many goods' prices be cut in half in response to inflation that has now risen to more than 3,700%. More »

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inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • police • business • world economy • South Africa • consumer goods • banana • US economy • price control

Portugal May
Break Ban, Invite Mugabe

New head of EU wants Africans at upcoming summit

Jul 2, 07 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Portugal has provoked a firestorm by proposing to invite Robert Mugabe to an upcoming summit of European and African nations, despite an EU ban prohibiting the Zimbabwean dictator from traveling on the Continent. The African Union insists all its members be treated equally, and EU refusal to invite Mugabe at... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Angela Merkel • European Union • Portugal • Lisbon • African Union

Collapse Looms in Zimbabwe

Economy may dissolve within six
months as inflation spirals

Jun 14, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(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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Africa • inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • US economy

Desmond Tutu to Anglicans: Get Over It

Church should attend to AIDS, corruption, Darfur—not gay priests

May 28, 07 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on Africa's Anglican church to let go of what he called its "extraordinary obsession" with gay priests and same-sex marriage.  The church should, instead, be paying attention to the crises caused by AIDS, Darfur and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's corruption.  More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • gay marriage • AIDS • Anglican Church • religion • Desmond Tutu • homosexuality

Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

Opposition leader becomes rallying cry after beating

Mar 15, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(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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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • violence • Nelson Mandela

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