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Outcome of Mugabe meeting : Plans to buy time
ZANU-PF party has decided that its leader Robert Mugabe should contest a run-off vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai if neither wins a...
Zimbabwe : Arrest of New York Times’ journalist fuels alarm
A global media freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed alarm over the arrest and detention of "New York Times" correspondent, Barry...
An archbishop’s sex scandal that turned political
A case which is currently before the courts in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second capital could easily find a place in the Guinness Book of records...
Why Mugabe has called for an emergency meeting
ZANU PF politburo meets today in Harare to discuss the biggest challenge to President Robert Mugabe’s 28-year rule. Ruling Zanu-PF party sources said the...
Obama’s fundraiser, the Pelosi Club and Clinton’s concern
Barack Obama’s record-breaking online fund-raising continued in March, netting $40m (£20m, €25m) from almost half a million donors in spite of his defeats to...
A 50m dollar bill and MDC’s first promised sack
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) today introduced a new Z$50 million note to deal with rampant shortages of cash in an economy...
Telephone services in Zimbabwe jammed
Fixed and mobile phone lines have been jammed as Zimbabweans try to find out the outcome of their elections.
from our correspondent...
Zimbabwe elections : Makoni to decide presidential winner
The MDC’s stunning success in the hinterlands –for long the bedrock of Mugabe’s success – was the key to unlocking Mugabe’s stranglehold on power....
Zimbabwe’s new opposition : How Mugabe’s close allies won
ZANU PF has lost control of Zimbabwe’s parliament in the biggest power shift since the country won independence from Britain in 1980. Robert...
Zimbabwe’s opposition no more the Opposition
Taking the leading position in the general election vote count increases the opposition’s chances of winning the presidential elections against Robert Mugabe. The opposition...
Europe intervenes in Zimbabwe election stalemate
The European Union on Wednesday made an urgent appeal to the Zimbabwe election commission to publish without delay the official results of the 29...
Obama compared with Bill : Hillary’s dream shaky
Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination are now anywhere from 5 per cent to 20 per cent. By rights she should...
Egypt accused of vote “fixing”
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Egypt of attempting to fix the upcoming municipal elections in light of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood's...
Zimbabwe polls still indicate a tie
Zimbabwe's two main political parties remained neck and neck Wednesday with more than two-thirds of the weekend's parliamentary vote counted and declared.
The ruling ZANU-PF...
Botswana elects a new President
Botswana, Zimbabwe’s diamond rich neighbor, on Tuesday witnessed a smooth power transition while it awaits presidential results. Seretse Khama Ian Khama was inaugurated as...
Mugabe might declare state of emergency
Zimbabwe's civil society organisations have petitioned SADC heads of
state to push for the release of full election results. The eighteen organizations fear that the...
Zimbabwe: Opposition merger in the offing
As the Zimbabwe Election Commission continue to release results albeit at a snail's pace, Zanu PF still maintains a one seat lead over ...
Makoni brokering deal between Mugabe and Tsvangirai ?
Officials from Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change are having back-channel contacts with senior security officers in Robert Mugabe' s regime as the president...
Elections go smoothly in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission said it successfully conducted four bye-elections in different parts of the country on Saturday.
The elections, contested by three major...
Zimbabwe : Results indicate Mugabe lost presidential election
Zimbabwe was awash Tuesday with rumours President Robe rt Mugabe may have lost Saturday's crunch poll, and dragging feet by election officials in releasing...
Obama – Clinton : Pelosi lets Clinton off the hook
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, helped buy Hillary Clinton some breathing space on Tuesday amid growing calls from senior supporters...
Zimbabwe : Villagers have disappointed Mugabe
Zimbabwe's rural areas, once viewed as strongholds of the ruling ZANU-PF party, are backing the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), according...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe still leads in confused counts
President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party Monday took a slight lead in Zimbabwe's weekend general election, and the opposition immediately cried foul.
After a count...
Renewed protests in Kenya for a new cabinet
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki came under immense pressure to name a new cabinet on Tuesday, as the civil society held street protests to urge...
Obama – Clinton – McCain : Pope to interfer in US politics…
Pope Benedict XVI will highlight his anti-abortion message when he arrives in the US in a fortnight on a visit that breaks with the...
Zimbabwe : Shock waves as Mugabe talks cricket !
Robert Mugabe is nowhere near Malaysia. He is at work at his Muhumutapa offices, and not showing any signs of clearing his draws.
Mugabe...
Zimbabwe : Few results emerge as observers flee
IT’s still a ding dong affair in Zimbabweans elections. Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party stills maintains its slight edge over the opposition, winning...
State official’s body discovered as state accuses opposition
The Commissioner for Information in Nigeria's Mid-western state of Edo, Mr. Calus Enoma, was found dead Monday, two days after he was declared missing...
Zimbabwe election : Mugabe’s party in a razor-thin lead
Zanu PF (the ruling party) has taken a slender lead claiming 26 seats from 52 results just announced.
from our correspondent...
Zimbabwe : Release of results from 18 other constituencies
Latest official voting figures for the House of Assembly reveal
another 18 results, with the MDC and Zanu-PF now level pegging with
12 seats...