The Zimbabwe opposition's campaign to force the release of results from last month's presidential election suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when a call for a general strike went largely unheeded. Most shops and services were open for business as
A group of MDC activists in the UK stormed their way into the Zimbabwe Embassy on the Strand in London on Tuesday, demanding that the staff vacate the premises because Mugabe lost the elections on March 29th.
Post-election reprisals against MDC activists have spread to nearly every corner of the country, amid reports that the cycle of attacks and retributions are being orchestarted by security forces.
The heat has intensified on South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki after he made comments over the weekend that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe, despite confirmed reports of violence and a briefing by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on the chaotic
Professor Elphas Mukonoweshuro, a top aide of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, on Tuesday launched a powerful attack on Thabo Mbeki and questioned if the South African president was sober when he claimed there was no crisis in Zimbabwe.
A call for an indefinite stayaway by Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, had a mixed response on 15 April, the day protest action began.
The train runs three trips a week. Botswana Railways (BR) and the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recently held discussions on the possibility of a daily train service.
On the 28th anniversary of throwing off colonial rule, we still cannot throw off one-man rule as President Robert Mugabe clings to power after two million Zimbabweans showed him the red card.
It is not surprising that Mbeki should be such a denialist given that contrary to empirical evidence of runaway crime rate in South Africa, Mbeki is still adamant that the rate was mere fabrication of the fertile minds of unpatriotic
A high court judge on Tuesday postponed by a day a hearing on the MDC's application to block a recount of votes cast in 23 constituencies during last month's elections. Zanu-PF wants a recount in all four elections - presidential,
Marauding elephants that escaped from the Hwange National Park, an animal sanctuary in rural southwestern Zimbabwe, are destroying any hopes among peasant farmers of a moderately successful harvest.
Zimbabwe faces a real possibility of civil strife that could spill over into neighbouring countries, a regional peace forum warned today as the crisis arising from delayed presidential results kept tensions high in the troubled southern African nation.
Two South African satellite engineers, held in Zimbabwe on several charges, including violating the country's draconian media accreditation laws, were acquitted today, according to news reports and local sources. New York Times reporter Barry Bearak and a British national accused
On March 29 the people of Zimbabwe cast their votes for President, Parliament, and local representatives. To date, the results of the Presidential election have not been announced, leading to widespread accusations of vote manipulation. Charges of intimidation and the
Zimbabweans in Botswana are equally perturbed as much as their compatriots at home by the electoral authorities' reluctance to release the results of the March 29 presidential elections.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has urged restraint, acceptance and the release of election results in Zimbabwe, says Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi.
Zimbabwe opposition supporters face the prospect of a heavy crackdown by security forces on Tuesday if they heed a call to launch a general strike to show their disgust at long-delayed election results. Police have been deployed throughout the country
