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  • August 2008

    • Mugabe Heckled by Parliament

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 26, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      Mugabe Heckled by Parliament

      (Newser) - Members of the Movement for Democratic Change heckled President Robert Mugabe today as he addressed the parliament, the Times of London reports. Having defied him by electing an MDC speaker instead of one from his own Zanu-PF, the MDC representatives chanted “Zanu is rotten” throughout Mugabe’s address. “Our position is that this country doesn't have a state president,” said the new MDC speaker. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zanu-PF  • Movement for Democratic Change  • dictatorship  • parliament

    • Despite Arrests, Zimbabwe Opposition Elects Speaker

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 25, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Despite Arrests, Zimbabwe Opposition Elects Speaker

      (Newser) - Opposition groups in Zimbabwe's parliament today defeated the candidate for speaker put forward by President Robert Mugabe, electing instead a member of the Movement for Democratic Change, the Times of London reports. Though security forces arrested several MDC members ahead of the vote, MDC lawmakers sang anti-Mugabe songs in a parliament speaker Lovemore Moyo said will "cease to be a rubber stamping house." More »

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

    • Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in South Africa

      Associated Press  |  Aug 15, 08 5:37 AM CDT

      Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in South Africa

      (AP) - Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived in South Africa today on the eve of a weekend summit with regional leaders expected to focus on Zimbabwe's political crisis, reports the AP. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change will meet with Thabo Mbeki, the South African president who is mediating power-sharing talks between Robert Mugabe and the opposition. Tsvangirai was given his passport back and allowed to leave the country a day after he was blocked at the airport in his first attempt. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • power sharing

    • Tsvangirai Barred From Mbeki Meet

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 14, 08 8:37 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai Barred From Mbeki Meet

      (Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, was detained at the airport in Harare today and prevented from flying to South Africa. Authorities confiscated his passport, as well as the travel documents of fellow members of the Movement for Democratic Change, before letting him leave. Tsvangirai was to attend a meeting with South African president Thabo Mbeki in an attempt to resolve the country's political crisis. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • South Africa  • Movement for Democratic Change  • Thabo Mbeki  • Southern Africa

    • Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Stall; Mbeki Leaves

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 13, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Stall; Mbeki Leaves

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki today left Zimbabwe without a power-sharing deal, as official media reported that Robert Mugabe had struck an agreement with a breakaway leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, sidelining its leader Morgan Tsvangirai. A spokesman for the MDC splinter group told Bloomberg there was no deal. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Thabo Mbeki  • Southern Africa

  • July 2008

    • Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

      BBC  |  Jul 21, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

      (Newser) - Robert Mugabe has signed a deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai establishing negotiations on the future of Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. The rivals met for the first time in 10 years to sign the agreement, which South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki witnessed. The deal does not create the power-sharing structure Mbeki proposed; it creates a framework for further negotiations. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Movement for Democratic Change  • Thabo Mbeki  • negotiations  • disputed election

    • South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 7, 08 10:33 AM CDT

      South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has proposed a compromise in Zimbabwe’s political crisis: Let Robert Mugabe remain president in name, but hand power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as temporary prime minister, the Guardian reports. Members of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change were said to be largely satisfied with the plan, on the condition that the African Union would help enforce it. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • power sharing deal  • peace deal  • truce

    • Tsvangirai Rejects Mbeki as Mediator

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai Rejects Mbeki as Mediator

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition party won’t accept South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in negotiations with the government, party leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today.  Arguing that Mbeki is too close to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai said without another mediator “no meaningful progress can be made.” The African Union supported Mbeki as mediator yesterday, the AP notes. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Thabo Mbeki

    • How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 7:33 AM CDT

      How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      (Newser) - Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a sixth term as Zimbabwe's president—but this time, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change commands a majority in the country's parliament. That split offers the best hope of deposing Mugabe, writes Mark Y. Rosenberg in the New York Times. The best way to oust the president, he says, might simply be to get rid of the office altogether. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zanu-PF  • democratic parliament

    • Fond Memories Dissipate in Zimbabwe Haze

      Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Fond Memories Dissipate in Zimbabwe Haze

      (Newser) - "Is that the bad guy?" asks Chipo, the Zimbabwean-born adopted daughter of journalist Neely Tucker, watching Robert Mugabe on TV. She is a constant reminder of life a decade ago in the African nation, he writes in the Washington Post . "Mostly I miss the way it was then only because it looks good by comparison," Tucker writes. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zimbabwean emigrants

  • June 2008

    • Mugabe Is Sworn In

      Reuters  |  Jun 29, 08 12:09 PM CDT

      Mugabe Is Sworn In

      (Newser) - Robert Mugabe was sworn in today for another 5 years as president of Zimbabwe, after the electoral commission declared him the winner with 85% of the vote in an uncontested but controversial race. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who withdrew his candidacy last week over concerns of increasing violence, says he will request that African Union leaders not recognize the election, reports Reuters. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Movement for Democratic Change  • intimidation  • election results  • Africa Union

    • Low Turnout for Zimbabwe's 1-Man Poll

      Reuters  |  Jun 27, 08 8:03 AM CDT

      Low Turnout for Zimbabwe's 1-Man Poll

      (Newser) - Polls are open in Zimbabwe's meaningless presidential runoff vote, with Robert Mugabe running uncontested. Reuters reports that turnout is low several hours into the vote—unlike March's elections, which saw voters wait for hours in snaking lines. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who dropped out earlier this week to prevent further bloodshed, told his supporters that they should abstain, or vote if they thought their lives were in danger. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai

    • Tsvangirai: Save Yourselves, Vote Mugabe

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 3:45 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai: Save Yourselves, Vote Mugabe

      (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 to cow opposition supporters. More »

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

    • Election Is On: Mugabe

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 12:58 PM CDT

      Election Is On: Mugabe

      (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 implied that he will be open to negotiations after the vote, which the opposition will not accept. More »

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

    • Tsvangirai: Africa, UN Must Broker Deal

      BBC  |  Jun 25, 08 9:02 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai: Africa, UN Must Broker Deal

      (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 to lead a UN-backed “transitional period.” More »

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

    • Tsvangirai: Why I Dropped Out

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 25, 08 5:58 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai: Why I Dropped Out

      (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 Robert Mugabe's thugs. More »

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

    • Tsvangirai Hides Out in Dutch Consulate

      New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 7:35 PM CDT

      Tsvangirai Hides Out in Dutch Consulate

      (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 runoff, saying his country was facing a war, not an election: “and we will not be part of that war." More »

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

    • Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Zimbabwe Race

      Associated Press  |  Jun 22, 08 8:45 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Zimbabwe Race

      (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 ruling party militants and soldiers in full riot gear blockaded the site of a rally there. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai

    • Africa Braces for Zimbabwe Refugees

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Africa Braces for Zimbabwe Refugees

      (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, it is feared that millions more will soon be driven out. More »

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

    • Tsvangirai May Drop Out

      BBC  |  Jun 20, 08 6:49 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai May Drop Out

      (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 supporters across the country… not to accept to be participants in this charade,” said an MDC spokesman. More »

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

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