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(Newser) - Robert Mugabe has backtracked on his denial of the Zimbabwean cholera crisis, AFP reports. “He is acknowledging there is a problem,” said a UNICEF official who met with him today. “He recognizes there is a problem with the water and the sewer systems.” The admission comes... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • UNICEF • epidemic • cholera

Opponents of Mugabe Allege Torture in Court

Zimbabwe political prisoners suffered beatings, abuse

Jan 16, 09 6:53 AM CST
(Newser) - More than a dozen human rights activists and allies of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were tortured by agents of Robert Mugabe, a court heard yesterday. The New York Times reports that the activists were abducted, detained in secret prisons, and brutalized until they confessed to crimes they had not... More »

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torture • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • political prisoner • Jestina Mukoko

Mugabe: Cholera Outbreak Has Been 'Arrested'

But 16,000 cases of disease contradict Zimbabwe's president

Dec 11, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - As the cholera epidemic worsened in Zimbabwe, with more than 16,000 people infected and thousands trying to flee to South Africa, Robert Mugabe said today that the disease had been "arrested." The president used a television appearance to lash out at a supposed western invasion of... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Cholera

 10K in Zimbabwe 
 Hit by Cholera: UN 

Oppositions puts number higher

Nov 30, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The UN says more than 400 Zimbabweans have died and 10,000 are ill as a result of cholera, the London Telegraph reports. But critics like opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai accuse the government of fudging even those high numbers, insisting that more than 500 have died and half a million... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • health • water • water borne illness • Cholera

Zimbabwe Bars Carter,
Annan, Mandela's Wife

Ex-prez, Annan aimed to work on humanitarian crisis

Nov 22, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Zimbabwe has denied Jimmy Carter, former UN chief Kofi Annan, and the wife of Nelson Mandela entry to the country to review its humanitarian crisis, Reuters reports. Even the support of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who's been trying to mediate an end to the ongoing political stalemate, wasn’... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Jimmy Carter • visa • Kofi Annan • humanitarian crisis • Thabo Mbeki • The Elders

Mugabe Snubs Opposition, Keeps Key Ministries

Unity government already in trouble

Oct 11, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's new unity government already is in jeopardy, and it hasn't started governing yet. Robert Mugabe handed out government ministries yesterday and kept the meaningful ones, including the army and police, for his own party, the BBC reports. The opposition MDC "totally and absolutely rejects this nonsense," said... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Cabinet • Thabo Mbeki • Zanu-PF • MDC • mediators

Mugabe Demands Threaten
to Torpedo Zimbabwe Pact

Wish to fill all key cabinet posts would relegate opposition to window dressing

Sep 30, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - New demands from President Robert Mugabe have the power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe on the ropes, the Guardian reports tonight. Mugabe told Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader slated to be prime minister under the pact, that he wanted the right to appoint all key cabinet ministers—a move that would render... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Movement for Democratic Change

 Tsvangirai: 
 Zimbabwe 
 'Moving On' 

New PM talks about challenges facing him in uniting dueling parties

Sep 17, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's newly appointed PM after months of strife against President Robert Mugabe, is ready for the challenge of uniting his nation's dueling political factions. In an interview with the Guardian, Tsvangirai said that while Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is "moving on" without him, it's unlikely Mugabe will ever... More »

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

 Zimbabwe 
 Leaders Sign 
 Landmark Deal 

Tsvangirai will become prime minister as parties come together

Sep 15, 08 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's rival political parties signed their landmark power-sharing deal today, in which Robert Mugabe will remain president while Morgan Tsvangirai will take on the new position of prime minister. The two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will receive a majority of cabinet posts, including the ministries responsible... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing deal • Zimbabwe elections • South African Development Community • Arthur Mutambara

 Zimbabwe Rivals Strike Deal  

But details won't be
out until next week

Sep 11, 08 10:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's rival factions have reached a power-sharing agreement to end Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power, the Independent reports. Details, however, won't be spelled out until Monday, leading some Western analysts to reserve celebration. In broad strokes, however, Mugabe will share power with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who will be... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Movement for Democratic Change • Zanu-PF

Power-Sharing Talks Stall in Zimbabwe

Mugabe will grant PM role but no power, opposition says

Aug 31, 08 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s rival parties stopped talks today without progress on forging a unified government, BBC reports. President Robert Mugabe offered to make opposition leader Morgan Tsvanigrai prime minister without any authority. Tsvanigrai wants Mugabe to stay president but cede executive power. “Nothing was achieved in the latest round,"... More »

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

 Mugabe Heckled by Parliament

MDC MPs tired of deferring to embattled president

Aug 26, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(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. “... More »

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

Despite Arrests, Zimbabwe Opposition Elects Speaker

Mugabe's candidate defeated as MDC's Moyo wins close parliamentary vote

Aug 25, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in
South Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader gets passport back, talks to continue

Aug 15, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Tsvangirai
 Barred From
 Mbeki Meet

Opposition leader detained in airport, passport yanked

Aug 14, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Stall; Mbeki Leaves

Mugabe reportedly tries to sideline Tsvangirai

Aug 13, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

Mugabe, Tsvangirai sign deal creating framework for talks

Jul 21, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

Opposition welcomes plan ceding real power to Tsvangirai as PM

Jul 7, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Tsvangirai Rejects Mbeki
as Mediator

South African too close to Mugabe, Zimbabwe opposition leader says

Jul 2, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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

OPINION

How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

Tsvangirai has the tools to eliminate presidency: scholar

Jul 2, 08 7:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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