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June 2008
- 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 »
- S. Africa Reclassifies Chinese as 'Black'
  
  Times (UK) | Jun 19, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Africa's high court has decided Chinese people should be reclassified as black, the London Times reports. The country's 20,000 citizens of Chinese origin had complained that they were left out of programs aimed at reversing inequalities created under apartheid, despite having been discriminated against under white rule. A controversial policy forces large companies to give some of their equity to black-run entities. More »
- Despite Mugabe, Democracy Is Gaining in Zimbabwe
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 18, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Undemocratic though the situation might seem, the fact that the opposition has forced a presidential run-off in Zimbabwe is a sign of democracy's spread in sub-Saharan Africa, the Wall Street Journa l reports, where the number of "free" countries has reached 11 of 48, up from 3 in 1977. "Democratic change is coming to the forefront faster than institutional change," a Zimbabwean opposition leader says. More »
- Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans
  
  Foreign Policy | Jun 14, 08 4:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Here are top spots for an exotic foreign trip—except that Washington has labeled them off-limits or far too dangerous. Foreign Policy lists five: Mt. Kumgang is North Korea's "unspoiled spiritual retreat," but Americans will be quarantined by Pyongyang if they can even get in. More »
- Mugabe's Horrors Transcend Race
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jun 14, 08 4:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Once, Westerners cared about southern Africa. In the late 20th century, outraged Americans of all stripes spoke out against apartheid, an outpouring that ultimately helped liberate both South Africa and Zimbabwe. Now, Zimbabwe is under the thumb of another murderous tyrant—this time a black one—and the West remains strangely and disgracefully silent, writes Cythia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »
- Mugabe: Opposition Will Never Rule, Even If It Wins
  
  Independent (UK) | Jun 14, 08 10:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As an opposition leader arrested on charges of treason appeared in court in Zimbabwe today, President Robert Mugabe was declaring that his competitors in the Movement for Democratic Change would never be allowed to rule the country, even if they win the upcoming runoff presidential election, the Independent reports. "We will return to the bush to fight," he told a crowd of youth members of his party. "We can't allow the British to dominate us through their puppets." More »
- My Veterans Are Anxious to Fight, Mugabe Says
  
  BBC | Jun 13, 08 9:32 AM CDT

Stories

Tsvangirai May Drop Out

S. Africa Reclassifies Chinese as 'Black'

Despite Mugabe, Democracy Is Gaining in Zimbabwe

Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans

Mugabe's Horrors Transcend Race

Mugabe: Opposition Will Never Rule, Even If It Wins

My Veterans Are Anxious to Fight, Mugabe Says