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September 2008
- Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe 'Moving On'
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 be charged for his crimes. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC
July 2008
- Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps
  
  Times (UK) | Jul 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Teenage pregnancy rates have spiked after youth militia members began raping Zimbabwean girls in President Robert Mugabe's torture camps, human rights workers tell the Times of London . The stigma against rape victims has kept the victims mostly silent, but a single hospital saw a spike of 16 expectant teenagers, and the trend is thought to be fairly widespread. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • rape • torture • teen pregnancy • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC • militia • parliament
June 2008
- Election Is On: Mugabe
  
  New York Times | 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 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 May Drop Out
  
  BBC | 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 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 • MDC • runoff election
- Mugabe's Militia Burns Enemies' Wives Alive
  
  Times (UK) | Jun 12, 08 10:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Patson Chipiro came home Friday to a burning house. “I was trying to put the fire out,” he says. “I thought my wife was hiding in the bushes.” But Mrs. Chipiro was in the blazing house, where militia men loyal to Robert Mugabe had tossed her after chopping off one of her hands and both her feet, the Times of London reports. More »
  
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  murder • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • violence • Zanu-PF • MDC
May 2008
- Zimbabwe Army Said to Plot Killing of Opposition Chief
  
  Times (UK) | 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 country Friday as planned, the Times of London reports. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • assassination • Zanu-PF • MDC
- Zimbabwe Will Vote Again Next Month
  
  BBC | 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 previous vote, but not by the simple majority needed to prevent a runoff, according to official data. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • MDC • runoff election
- Official Results Finally Out in Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | 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 avoid a runoff. “This whole thing is a scandal, scandalous daylight robbery and everyone knows that,” an opposition spokesman said. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • MDC • runoff election
April 2008
- Mugabe's Party Wins First Recount
  
  BBC | 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 editorial in the state-run newspaper calling for a power-sharing deal to resolve the presidential election crisis. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • MDC • recount
- Mugabe Didn't Win: Brown
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 be an election at all," Britain's prime minister told the UN Security Council. More »
  
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  Great Britain • Zimbabwe • Gordon Brown • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC • UN Security Council • labor strike
- Court Rejects Zimbabwe Poll Petition
  
  BBC | 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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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Africa • election • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • MDC • recount
- Recount Ordered in Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | Apr 13, 08 1:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe's opposition leaders are crying foul today over a planned recount of last month's election results, Reuters reports. "They had custody of the ballot boxes for two weeks and they must have stuffed them with their votes," an opposition spokesman told BBC. Zimbabwe's election officials ordered the recounts today in 23 constituencies for all levels of government. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • Thabo Mbeki • MDC • recount
- Zimbabwe Opposition Vows to Boycott Runoff
  
  Associated Press | Apr 10, 08 11:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition party today announced it would boycott a runoff of the presidential election, saying their candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the vote “hands down.” Official results from the election still have not been released, but President Robert Mugabe is thought to be pushing for a runoff vote, claiming Tsvangirai didn’t win by a large enough margin, the Guardian reports. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC • runoff election
- Opposition Rejects Recount in Zimbabwe
  
  BBC | Apr 6, 08 6:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition leader today rejected a demand by President Robert Mugabe for a vote recount, the BBC reports. Morgan Tsvangirai, who has accused Mugabe of plotting a violence to maintain power, called a recount “illegal” and “impractical.” Meanwhile, a high court said it will rule tomorrow on whether election results must be released. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • MDC • runoff election • farms • recount
- Mugabe's Party OKs Run-Off
  
  CNN | Apr 4, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As Zimbabwe awaits official results of last week’s election, president Robert Mugabe’s party announced today that he would not oppose a run-off with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, CNN reports. The law requires the electoral commission to report results within 6 days of an election, but no results materialized; Tsvangirai’s party has vowed to sue if results are not announced. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC

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