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  • State Medias Politically Inflammatory Language Misguided

    The state media's use of politically inflammatory language ahead of the anticipated application for extension of time by Government to the Constitutional Court as recommended by SADC is a cause for concern because it undermines the judicial process by creating an impression that the matter has been pre-judged and will not be given fair consideration by the court. It is clear that the state ...

  • Zim treason charges for viewing Egypt on TV

    The Robert Mugabe government on 19 February ordered the arrest of 46 activists attending a meeting organised by the International Socialist Organisation at which footage of the Egypt protests were shown and discussed. These 46 now have been charged with treason. "They were watching DVD news clips of the protests in Tunisia and Egypt," Roselyn Hanzi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human ...

  • Zimbabweans missing after Egypt party

    Five young Zimbabweans have gone "missing" after celebrating the victory of the Egyptian revolution. The five opposition supporters are believed to be in ...

  • Zimbabwe mining taxes disappear

    Millions of dollars in royalties paid by diamond mining firms in eastern Zimbabwe have disappeared, a parliamentary committee found, amid fears they could be used to finance harassment in forthcoming ...

  • Robert Mugabes party asks court to delay Zimbabwe elections

    Robert Mugabe at the SADC meeting of regional leaders, who called for the Zimbabwe election deadline to be pushed back. Photograph: Ferhat Momade/AFP/Getty ...


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  • U.S. State Departments Yamamoto At Senate Hearing On Zimbabwe

    U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Written statement by Acting Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African ...

  • AU on collision course with Sadc over Zimbabwe elections

    The African Union has dispatched a nine member advance team of election observers to Zimbabwe ahead of polls President Mugabe wants held by July 31.Mugabe, through his Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday filed a Constitutional Court application seeking a two week extension to the poll date following advice from regional leaders at the weekend.But indications are that the veteran ruler ...

  • Zimbabwes president goes back to court to delay July 31 polls for at least 2 weeks

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's highest court said Wednesday it has received an application from longtime President Robert Mugabe's party to delay crucial elections by at least two weeks following pressure from regional leaders. Mugabe has insisted he is merely abiding by a previous court order in holding general elections on July 31. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a longtime Mugabe ...

  • Record Zimbabwe debts to Equatorial Guinea

    Equatorial Guinea has emerged as one of Zimbabwe's main creditors following massive unpaid oil deliveries since the surrender of coup plotter Simon Mann from Harare to Malabo in ...

  • US was against Zim unity govt

    In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed ...

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