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Zimbabwes opposition leader to begin showdown with Mugabe

17.05.2008 22:52    keralanext.com
Mugabe acknowledged Friday that he had suffered an electoral disaster in losing a first-round poll against Tsvangirai on March 29 and lambasted his party for being unprepared. After leaving Zimbabwe in early April, Tsvangirai was to return to Harare to


Mugabe-Tsvangirai face run-off on June 27

17.05.2008 22:52    keralanext.com
The electoral commission had extended the deadline for holding the runoff to 90 days - beyond the legally required 21 days. Tsvangirai said setting the vote date for June 27 was illegal, but "we will contest". "This is a regime

Mugabe Says Party Failed at Polls

17.05.2008 22:13    allafrica.com
President Mugabe says Zanu-PF should gear itself for the presidential run-off and work hard for victory to repair the damage it suffered in the March 29 elections while deploring violence that has erupted in some parts of Zimbabwe as unacceptable.

UN Helps 40,000 Refugees

17.05.2008 22:12    allafrica.com
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided aid to more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia who live in precarious conditions in dozens of makeshift settlements west of the capital, Mogadishu.

Rebels Join Peace Talks

17.05.2008 22:11    allafrica.com
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today's arrival in Burundi's capital of a delegation from the Palipehutu-FNL, the rebel group involved in deadly fighting with Government forces in recent weeks, for a resumption of peace talks.

Constitutional Review Divides Legislators

17.05.2008 22:11    allafrica.com
Fierce disagreements over the selection of members of the House of Representatives to represent it in the Joint Constitution Amendment Committee of the National Assembly, may have led to delays in the release of the list for the exercise.

Pipeline Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 43

17.05.2008 22:11    allafrica.com
The death toll in the pipeline explosion that rocked Ijegun area of Lagos rose to 43 yesterday.

Pipeline Blast Area Sealed Off

17.05.2008 22:11    allafrica.com
Ijegun-Ikotun, the scene of Thursday's oil pipeline fire disaster that claimed many lives, has been sealed off, even as residents of the village have deserted the area for fear of their lives.

Somalia: UN Helps 40,000 Refugees

17.05.2008 18:27    allafrica.com (2)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided aid to more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia who live in precarious conditions in dozens of makeshift settlements west of the capital, Mogadishu.

Chad: Growing Violence Alarms UN Refugee Agency

17.05.2008 18:27    allafrica.com (2)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is voicing deep concern about the escalating violence inside eastern Chad, where two gendarmes guarding a refugee camp were shot dead earlier this week and an increasing number of vehicles have been

Nigeria: Pipeline Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 43

17.05.2008 18:27    allafrica.com (2)
The death toll in the pipeline explosion that rocked Ijegun area of Lagos rose to 43 yesterday.

Political Impasse Triggers Mass Exodus

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
WALKING past Harare's busy Roadport cross-border bus terminus, one cannot miss the fact that a huge number of people are leaving Zimbabwe for neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa.

Sanctions Have Nothing to Do With People's Will

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
ONE of the most unfortunate aspects of the Zimbabwean situation is that the authorities have taken to believing their own virulent propaganda. The tragedy is that, on the basis of this self-delusion, they then embark on ruinous actions and policies

Where to Welshman?

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
THE Financial Gazette Reporter Clemence Manyukwe (CM) had a wide-ranging interview with the secretary general of the Arthur Mutambara formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), and a key member of the negotiating team under the Mbeki-brokered talks, Welshman

MDC Rally in Bulawayo Sunday

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
Morgan Tsvangirai will attend the MDC victory rally scheduled for Sunday at White City Stadium in Bulawayo and will launch his run off campaign. Bulawayo South MDC MP elect Eddie Cross has said that Mr Tsvangirai will be making a

Tsvangirai Not Returning

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
ZIMBABWEAN opposition Movement for Democratic Change party leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against President Robert Mugabe, his party said.

MDC Gets Permission to Hold Rally in Bulawayo

17.05.2008 17:07    allafrica.com
Police in Bulawayo have given the MDC permission to hold their celebration rally on Sunday at White City Stadium.

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