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 Tsvangirai: Save
 Yourselves,
 Vote Mugabe 

Sham election gets underway today

Jun 27, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Zimbabwe's sham run-off election for president began to get underway, even opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged supporters to vote for Robert Mugabe to save themselves from the violent intimidation orchestrated by the government, the Guardian reports. Mugabe's militia has conducted a terror campaign of murder, abduction, imprisonment and rape... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • murder • abduction • election fraud • Zanu-PF • Zimbabwe Election Support Network • Operation Elimination • imprisonment • intimidation

 Election Is On: Mugabe 

International condemnation falls on deaf ears

Jun 26, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party maintains that tomorrow’s runoff election will go ahead as planned, despite international condemnation and the withdrawal of the opposition candidate, the New York Times reports. Former challenger Morgan Tsvangirai insists he wants negotiations between the two parties instead of polling. The president has... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Nelson Mandela • election fraud • disputed election • election • Zanu-PF • MDC

Mandela Blasts Mugabe's 'Tragic Failure of Leadership'

Former South African leader makes his first public comments on Zimbabwe

Jun 25, 08 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nelson Mandela broke his silence today and denounced the "tragic failure of leadership" of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. The influential former South African leader had previously held back so he wouldn't undermine the authority of mediator Thabo Mbeki, the BBC reports. "The world remains beset by so much... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Nelson Mandela

 Revulsed,
 Queen Voids
 Mugabe Knighthood 

'Abject disregard for the democratic process' in Zimbabwe leads to annulment of honor

Jun 25, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II stripped Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe of his honorary knighthood today, calling the move “a mark of revulsion at the abuse of human rights and abject disregard for the democratic process in Zimbabwe over which President Mugabe has presided," the Times of London reports. A run-off presidential... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Queen Elizabeth II • knighthood • Zimbabwe elections

 Tsvangirai: Africa,
 UN Must Broker Deal 

Seeks 'transitional period;' willing to negotiate before vote

Jun 25, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai is calling for a “negotiated political settlement” to begin a period of “healing” for Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. Speaking at his home after leaving the Dutch embassy, the opposition leader called Friday’s election a sham, and asked the African Union and Southern African Development Community... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Southern Africa • African Union • Zimbabwe elections

Opinion

 Tsvangirai: Why I Dropped Out  

MDC leader explains refusal to contest Zimbabwe election

Jun 25, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - ZImbabwe's opposition leader tells the Guardian that he dropped out of Friday's run-off election because he "can no longer allow Zimbabwe's people to suffer this torture." Morgan Tsvangirai explains that ending his campaign was "not a political decision" but an attempt to stop the violence inflicted by... More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • peacekeeping force • Zimbabwe elections

OPINION

Soccer Is Key to Get S. Africa to Play Ball on Zimbabwe

Use 2010 World Cup to pressure Mbeki: writer

Jun 24, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last few weeks have further exposed Robert Mugabe as a tyrant—and Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president, as a "vacillating, dithering, morally compromised figure," writes Peter Godwin. In an op-ed for the New York Times, the Zimbabwe-born author says that the West must force Mbeki to act... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • World Cup • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Zimbabwe elections • 2010 World Cup

Zuma Calls for UN Intervention in Zimbabwe

South African leader blasts Mugabe, wants election canceled

Jun 24, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jacob Zuma, the leader of the African National Congress and the most powerful politician in South Africa, called today for the Zimbabwe election to be canceled, saying that the situation was "out of control" and that the UN must intervene. In the most forceful denunciation yet of Robert Mugabe... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • Zimbabwe elections

UPDATED

South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race
 
  

Results of uncontested race should be ignored, Britain insists

Jun 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president of South Africa is is flying today to Zimbabwe to plead with strongman Robert Mugabe to save this week's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew to protest government violence. Britain’s foreign secretary said an uncontested race would be “the most rigged election in African history" and... More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Gordon Brown • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Britain • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council

Tsvangirai Hides Out in Dutch Consulate

UN Security Council condemns Zimbabwe violence, intimidation

Jun 23, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader remained holed up in the Dutch embassy in Harare today as police stormed his party's headquarters, the New York Times reports. Officers detained at least 40 people who were there—many of them women and children—the day after Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the upcoming election... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Netherlands • Dutch government • Zimbabwe elections

UN Takes Up Zimbabwe Action Today

US, EU push penalties; eyes are on response of African nations

Jun 23, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council today will address the struggle for power in Zimbabwe, one day after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the presidential race because of violent intimidation, the Guardian reports. The US, Britain, and France hope to convince  China and Russia to condemn Robert Mugabe's government. The... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • international sanctions • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council

 Tsvangirai Pulls Out
 of Zimbabwe Race 

Cites escalating violence and intimidation

Jun 22, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The opposition leader in Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election has dropped out of the race, citing escalating violence and intimidation against his party by President Robert Mugabe's government. Morgan Tsvangirai announced his decision to pull out of Friday's runoff election at a news conference today in Zimbabwe's capital, after thousands of... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zimbabwe elections

 Africa Braces for
 Zimbabwe Refugees 

With Mugabe looking ready to hold on to power at all costs, exodus is expected

Jun 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's neighbors are preparing for a flood of refugees after next week's election, the London Times reports. About 3 million have already fled Robert Mugabe's regime to South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana. As it becomes increasingly clear that Mugabe will not give up power even if he loses the election,... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Mozambique • South Africa • Zambia • refugee • Botswana • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF

 Tsvangirai May Drop Out 

Opposition may withdraw to end violence

Jun 20, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai is seriously considering dropping out of Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off vote, an official in his party tells the BBC, in view of the mounting campaign of violence against his supporters and the diminishing prospects for fair polling. “There is a huge avalanche of calls and pressure from... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • runoff election • Zimbabwe elections • MDC

 'Mediator' Mbeki Visits Mugabe 

South African president meets with Mugabe, though agenda unclear

Jun 18, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki visited counterpart Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe today, the Guardian reports, an attempt to play the role of mediator ahead of run-off elections June 27. With the UN warning that 5 million could face starvation in a country plagued by political violence, Mbeki's agenda was unclear—... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • hunger • famine • Thabo Mbeki • election

Despite Mugabe,
 Democracy Is
 Gaining in
 Zimbabwe 

Number of 'free' sub-Saharan nations up; grass-roots efforts continue

Jun 18, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Undemocratic though the situation might seem, the fact that the opposition has forced a presidential run-off in Zimbabwe is a sign of democracy's spread in sub-Saharan Africa, the Wall Street Journal reports, where the number of "free" countries has reached 11 of 48, up from 3 in 1977. "... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • democracy • sub-Saharan Africa • Zimbabwe Election Support Network

Opinion

Mugabe's Horrors Transcend Race

Yes, he's a black leader of an African nation; he's also a tyrant

Jun 14, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, Westerners cared about southern Africa. In the late 20th century, outraged Americans of all stripes spoke out against apartheid, an outpouring that ultimately helped liberate both South Africa and Zimbabwe. Now, Zimbabwe is under the thumb of another murderous tyrant—this time a black one—and the West remains... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • apartheid • Zimbabwe elections

Mugabe: Opposition Will Never Rule, Even If It Wins

Threatens 'bush war' if 'British puppets' elected

Jun 14, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - As an opposition leader arrested on charges of treason appeared in court in Zimbabwe today, President Robert Mugabe was declaring that his competitors in the Movement for Democratic Change would never be allowed to rule the country, even if they win the upcoming runoff presidential election, the Independent reports. "... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • civil war • Movement for Democratic Change • Zanu-PF

My Veterans Are Anxious
to Fight, Mugabe Says

Zimbabwe was won by force, shouldn't be surrendered by vote, they say

Jun 13, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Veterans of Zimbabwe’s war of independence are eager to fight in support of the ruling party, says President Robert Mugabe. “They came to my office after the election and asked me, ‘Can we take up arms?’” Mugabe told the state-run newspaper. “They said this country... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • war • violence • Zimbabwe elections

Zimbabwe Jails Opposition Leaders

No. 2 faces treason charges; Tsvangirai detained, released

Jun 12, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(AP) - President Robert Mugabe's regime struck at the opposition leadership today, just two weeks before Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election, twice detaining his challenger and jailing the opposition party's No. 2 official on treason charges, which carry the death penalty. Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was stopped at a roadblock and held at... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • treason • Zimbabwe elections • Tendai Biti • detention

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