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Zimbabwe Army Said to Plot Killing of Opposition Chief

Snipers would have gunned down MDC leader Tsvangirai on return

May 19, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s military has a plan to assassinate opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, according to Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change. An MDC official said today that the armed forces been ruling Zimbabwe since the March 29 election, and would have had snipers gun down Tsvangirai had he returned to the... More »

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Assassination Plot Delays Tsvangirai Homecoming

Zimbabwean opposition leader was to begin campaign this weekend

May 17, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home today after his party discovered an assassination plot against him, the Guardian reports. Citing a “credible source,” MDC said it’s unclear if the government is involved. Tsvangirai has been out of Zimbabwe for more than a month... More »

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Zimbabwe Will Vote Again
Next Month

Mugabe sets date
of June 27 for run-off with Tsvangirai

May 16, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe will go to the polls again on June 27, the government announced today, in one last run-off between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai will take part, despite earlier threats to boycott over alleged fraud and government intimidation, the BBC reports. The opposition leader won the... More »

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Tsvangirai Agrees to Zimbabwe Runoff

Opposition leader won't 'betray' supporters

May 10, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided to take part in a runoff presidential vote, the BBC reports, despite fears that violence and voter intimidation will skew results. The candidate has called a runoff unnecessary, insisting he received over half the original vote, but today he said his supporters... More »

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Official Results Finally Out in Zimbabwe

Commission calls for runoff; opposition calls it 'daylight robbery'

May 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s official election results are finally out, Reuters reports, and as expected, they call for a runoff between opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai won 47.9% of the vote, the election commission found, beating Mugabe’s 43.2% but not hitting the 50% necessary to... More »

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Without Runoff, Mugabe Will
Win 'by Default'

Zimbabwe election commission rebuts opposition victory claim

May 1, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Zimbabwe's electoral commission tells CNN that Robert Mugabe will win re-election by default if Morgan Tsvangirai goes through with a threat to boycott a runoff. Tsvangirai's party claims a 50.3% victory, making a runoff unnecessary; Mugabe's party argues he has only a 47%-43% margin. The commission... More »

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Leaked Results Show Runoff 
Needed in Zimbabwe

Sources say Tsvangirai has 47%-43% edge

Apr 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The opposition did indeed win last month’s presidential election in Zimbabwe, senior government sources tell Reuters, though not by enough to avoid a run-off second round. Morgan Tsvangirai won 47% of the vote to incumbent Robert Mugabe’s 43%, numbers that are in line with the claims by Mugabe's... More »

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Opposition Holds Gains
in Zimbabwe Recount

Overturned results
now look unlikely

Apr 26, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With recounts confirming results on seven more seats today, Zimbabwe’s opposition party seems less and less at risk of losing the new majority gained in parliamentary elections last month, the BBC reports. Ten seats remain in the recount, and Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF needs nine to regain power in... More »

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Police Raid Zimbabwe Opposition HQ

MDC claims 100 arrested; witnesses describe violent scene

Apr 25, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwean police raided the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Harare today. The MDC claims that around 100 party members were arrested, and a journalist on the site saw people "limping and in pain" being dragged away. Several of the arrested were recovering from earlier injuries... More »

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 US Envoy: 'Tsvangirai Won' 

Diplomat condemns Zimbabwe violence, but hints at 'political solution'

Apr 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - After more than three weeks in which Robert Mugabe has failed to hand over results from Zimbabwe’s presidential election, a top US diplomat for Africa came out in support of his challenger today, the AP reports. “Morgan Tsvangirai won, and perhaps outright,” Jendayi Frazer said in South... More »

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 Mugabe's Party Wins
 First Recount 

Zanu-PF retains seat

Apr 23, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF has won the first of the parliamentary recounts, the BBC reports, retaining a seat challenged by the MDC opposition party. The MDC says the partial recount, which mainly targets MDC seats, is an attempt to rig the election. Zanu-PF meanwhile tried to distance itself from an... More »

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Zuma in London for Zimbabwe Talks

South African leader takes harder line
on Mugabe

Apr 23, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - South African leader Jacob Zuma has arrived in London, where he'll meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss the political deadlock in Zimbabwe, reports the BBC. Before the meeting, the head of the ruling African National Congress said that the delay in the release of last month's election results... More »

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Zimbabwe's Opposition Pleads for Help

Leader tells UN that Mugabe's troops are 'terrorizing people'

Apr 21, 08 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's opposition begged world leaders today for protection from post-election violence, Reuters reports. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said troops were "terrorizing people" and creating "a very serious humanitarian situation" in Zimbabwe, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said. Tsvangirai also told Ban that African leaders had failed to intervene after... More »

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Zimbabwe Begins Recount; Opposition Rejects Move

Parliamentary results could be overturned

Apr 19, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe began a partial recount today of votes from last month’s parliamentary elections despite objections from the opposition party and fears that the deadlock could turn violent. The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies is expected to last 3 days and could reverse the initial results that handed defeat... More »

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 China Ships Arms to Mugabe 

Union refusing to unload dangerous cargo destined for tense Zimbabwe

Apr 18, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As tensions rise in Zimbabwe, a Chinese ship has arrived in a South African port with arms bound for Harare. The ship put to sea with AK-47 rifles, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and millions of rounds of ammunition, apparently to fortify President Robert Mugabe, who's not relinquishing power despite his suspected... More »

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South Africa Calls for Results
in Zimbabwe

Mbeki shifts position
as world criticism
of Mugabe mounts

Apr 17, 08 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa shifted course today and for the first time called on Zimbabwe to release election results, Reuters reports. A spokesman for the government of Thabo Mbeki—an ally of Robert Mugabe who had previously downplayed the crisis—called the situation "dire." President Bush, meanwhile, criticized African leaders... More »

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 Mugabe Rival
 Accused of Treason 

Dangerous new stakes in controversial election

Apr 17, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is convinced he won last month's presidential election, has now been accused of treason by President Robert Mugabe's government. The accusation presents a dangerous new threat in the wake of the controversial elections, whose results have not yet been released. "There is no... More »

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 Mugabe Didn't Win: Brown 

British PM says 'stolen election would not be an election at all' in Zimbabwe

Apr 16, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown said today Robert Mugabe lost Zimbabwe’s March 29 election, implying that Mugabe means to change the results while delaying their release, the Guardian reports. "No one thinks, having seen the result at the polling stations, that President Mugabe has won. … A stolen election would not... More »

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 Zimbabwe Braces for Strike 

Opposition leader calls for 'mass stay-in' to shake loose election results

Apr 15, 08 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a court yesterday refused to force the publication of general election results, Zimbabwe's opposition leader has once again called for a general strike. The party of Morgan Tsvangirai, who has declared victory over President Robert Mugabe, is advocating a "mass stay-in until the results are released." But... More »

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Court Rejects Zimbabwe
Poll Petition

Won't force Mugabe
to release election results; recount stands

Apr 14, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Zimbabwean high court today rejected a petition to force President Robert Mugabe’s government to release its long-delayed election results, the BBC reports. Instead, the ruling party will be allowed to go through with its recounts, which the opposition believes are a ploy to rig the parliamentary election. More »

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