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  • August 2008

    • 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 »

    • 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

    • Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

      AFP  |  Jul 3, 08 9:35 AM CDT

      Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

      (Newser) - Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa is resting comfortably in a Paris hospital, said a government spokesman today, denying "malicious" widespread reports that the leader had died after suffering his second stroke in 2 years ahead of an African Union summit. Mwanawasa "is responding well to treatment. He has made steady progress," said the spokesman. More »

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      Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Paris  • Southern Africa  • Zambia  • South African Development Community  • Levy Mwanawasa

    • African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

      Reuters  |  Jul 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

      (Newser) - The African Union adopted a resolution today calling for President Robert Mugabe to begin negotiations with the Zimbabwean opposition on forming a unity government, Reuters reports. The action marks the first time the AU has censured Mugabe, who once enjoyed a strong reputation as Zimbabwe’s liberator, for his undemocratic practices. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Kenya  • African Union  • election fraud  • Southern Africa  • Botswana

  • June 2008
  • February 2008
  • June 2007

    • Africans OK Nine-Year Ivory Ban

      BBC  |  Jun 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT

      Africans OK Nine-Year Ivory Ban

      (Newser) - Four southern African countries will hold a one-time sale of 200 tons of stockpiled ivory before the start of a nine-year moratorium, in a hard-fought conservation compromise. Proceeds from the blowout will be used in elephant conservation efforts in the future. "It's the best we could achieve for the African elephant," said one activist. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • tourism  • conservation  • wildlife  • moratorium  • poaching  • Southern Africa  • elephants  • ivory

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