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ZIMBABWE: Regrets of a hired political thug (16 July 2008)
CHITUNGWIZA, 11 July 2008 (IRIN) - Stanlus Marowa's brief stint as a henchman recruited by local ZANU-PF party leaders is coming back to haunt him since they abandoned him, and he is now facing the wrath of his community and charges of assault and theft.
Read MoreCrimes against humanity in Zimbabwe: The ICC processing request to prosecute those responsible (4 July 2008)
Zimbabwe, Harare --- In a show of the power of the citizen to hold those responsible for crimes against humanity in their countries, the Harare Tribune can reveal that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is processing a request to prosecute Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, and is comrades for the crimes they committed from 1980 to present.
Read MoreU.S. Pushes U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe (4 July 2008)
UNITED NATIONS — Seeking to force President Robert Mugabe into negotiations with the opposition, the United States on Thursday formally proposed United Nations Security Council sanctions on Zimbabwe. The proposed sanctions include an international arms embargo and punitive measures against the 14 people the United States deemed most responsible for undermining Zimbabwe’s presidential election through violence.
Read MoreTalks face collapse (4 July 2008)
THE Southern African Develop-ment Community (SADC) initiated dialogue faces collapse after ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) adopted different positions on the process meant to unlock the political crisis triggered by two presidential polls.
Read More'Genocide in Zim a possibility' (2 July 2008)
"The possibility of genocide remains strong and we as the government of South Africa and the ANC, we remain opposed to the flagrant violations of human rights by (Zimbabwe's) erstwhile liberator," he said.
Read MoreMugabe storms out of summit (2 July 2008)
The African Union (AU) has called on Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai to negotiate a government of national unity (GNU), with the aid of a special envoy, much to the ire of the Zanu-PF leader, who stormed out of the Red Sea summit before it came to a close.
Read MoreAfrican Union rebuffs Mugabe (2 July 2008)
HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday that outside players like the European Union or the African Union could not impose conditions for a solution to the Zimbabwe crisis.
Read MoreZIMBABWE: Mining between a rock and a hard place (2 July 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) - International condemnation of Robert Mugabe's controversial re-election as president of Zimbabwe has now turned to criticism of foreign businesses operating in the country, which are seen as helping to prop up the regime.
Read MoreZIMBABWE: Back to the past for a peaceful future (2 July 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - An echo of Zimbabwe's past is increasingly being viewed as the only peaceful solution left to save the country from itself.
Read MoreSouth Africa Opposition Party Calls for Mugabe’s Prosecution Over Human Rights Abuses (2 July 2008)
South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance party is calling for the prosecution of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe over alleged government-sponsored violence on ordinary Zimbabweans. The party said it would petition United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to investigate human rights abuses allegedly committed by President Mugabe and the entire leadership of the ruling ZANU-PF party.
Read MoreZim running guns for Africa (1 July 2008)
ZIMBABWE has been part of an international gun-running network that supplied Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and other rogue governments with arms for war.
Read MoreWHY SOUTH AFRICA'S MBEKI WON'T REIN IN MUGABE (1 July 2008)
The leader of the region's economic power has the best chance of brokering a deal between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to avert further violence in the wake of an election widely condemned as a sham. Yet African leaders wrapping up a two-day summit in Egypt are growing more critical of Mr. Mbeki's failure to rein in Mr. Mugabe, with some calling for Mbeki to step up his mediation or step aside.
Read MoreZIMBABWE: SADC's big headache (1 July 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) - If the Southern African Development Community (SADC) "wished to be taken seriously" it would have to declare Robert Mugabe's presidential claim illegitimate, a regional analyst told IRIN.
Read MoreTo stop ZANU-PF genocide, MDC pulls out of run-off election (23 June 2008)
UN Commission of Inquiry should be set up to look into the "grotesque abuses of human rights, with a view to future action by the International Criminal Court".
Read MoreThe ZIMBABWE Situation (23 June 2008)
Majority party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the highly discredited presidential run-off. The decision follows a meeting of the party’s executive council in Harare.
Read MoreRoad to ruin began by putting expedience ahead of justice (18 June 2008)
THE national pastime during recent weeks has been to criticise, and even humiliate, President Thabo Mbeki. Nowhere has this been more evident that in the opinion articles and editorials on Zimbabwe. Next to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Mbeki has been the most denigrated leader.
Read MoreZambian bishops’ plea for Zimbabwe (18 June 2008)
Zambian bishops’ plea for Zimbabwe - THE Catholic bishops of Zambia called on Zimbabweans yesterday to “refuse to be intimidated” from participating in the presidential runoff election.
Read MoreMbeki to meet Mugabe, Zuma doubts fair vote (18 June 2008)
HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki will meet Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe on Wednesday for talks ahead of next week's presidential election run-off, Mbeki's spokesman said.
Read MoreSOUTHERN AFRICA: Is Zimbabwe living up to SADC's electoral code? (18 June 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, 18 June 2008 (IRIN) - The degree of freedom and fairness in Zimbabwe's presidential election on 27 June will be judged according to a 10-point guideline enshrined in the Principles for Conducting Democratic Elections of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Read MoreMugabe meets UN envoy as govt reduces observers (18 June 2008)
HARARE – A top United Nations (UN) envoy met President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday as the Zimbabwean leader’s government announced it would accredit only a small fraction of the 50 000 local observers who applied to observe the country’s run-off presidential election nine days away.
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