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UN Secretary General demands transparency in Zimbabwe elections
UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday stressed the need for "the utmost transparency" during the counting and tabulation of votes from last weekend'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...
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...
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...
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...
Two South African journalists arrested while covering election press conference, charged
According to Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), on 27 March 2008, two South Africans were arrested in Harare and charged with violating the...
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...
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...
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...
Zimbabwe : Tension rises as opposition claims landslide
While Zimbabwe’s opposition on Sunday claimed a landslide victory, no official results from the 29 March polls have been released by the electoral commission,...
Zimbabwe election : Mugabe’s loyal man quits
One of Robert Mugabe's loyal men, Former Minister of Education and Culture, Aeneas Chigwedere, who lost to a political novice in the ruling Zanu-PF...
Zimbabwe election : Official results start pouring in
This morning the first official election results are at last emerging - and they show success for the MDC.
from our...
Zimbabwe : massive show of force in Harare
Chinese made jet-fighters flew over Harare mid-day Sunday and other major towns while soldiers, armed to the teeth are roaming around the streets. At...
Zimbabwe : Massive wins for opposition in Bulawayo
Morgan Tsvandirai MDC has sweeped all seats in Bulawayo, the second largest city according to early election returns.
from our correspondent...
Zimbabwe votes : Situation analysis
Generally on polling day there where no major incidents of violance reported country wide.
But a house of a Zimbabwean ruling party parliamentary candidate in...
Zimbabwe votes : early opposition victory
Zimbabweans main opposition Movement for Democratic Change on Saturday night claimed victory in the country’s bitterly contested presidential and parliamentary elections setting the stage...
Voting ends peacefully despite arson
Voting in Zimbabwe's closely fought general elections ended at 7 pm across the country Saturday, but election officials said some polling centres extended the...
Zimbabwe votes : Statistics of votes in three scenarios
Three scenarios have been developed based on slightly different assumptions. The major assumption is that Tsvangirai still has major support in urban areas,...
AU says Zimbabwe polls peaceful so far
African Union (AU) election observers taking part in Z imbabwe's weekend polls said Friday campaigning had so far been peaceful and free of intimidation.
The...
Zimbabwe cabinet dissolved
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Friday dissolved his cabinet ahead of weekend general elections in which his party is fighting for political survival after 28...
300 foreign journalists to cover elections
At least 300 foreign journalists have arrived in Zimbabwe to cover Saturday's crunch poll, according to Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu.
The Minister said Thursday that...
Voter fraud uncovered by opposition
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe said they had uncovered plans by the government to rig crunch weekend polls, and warned of unspecified action.
At a joint...
Zimbabwe votes : Results could be canceled
THE worlds focus would zoom on Zimbabwe tomorrow as millions of
citizens file to the polling stations to elect new leaders.
from our...
Draconian accreditation laws used to censor Zimbabwe elections
The Zimbabwean government is using journalist accreditation laws to prevent most major international media outlets and some local journalists from covering the country’s elections...
Football : Zimbabwe beats Botswana
Zimbabwe Wednesday beat Botswana 1-0 in an international soccer friendly played in Gaborone. The visitors scored in the 78th minute through substitute striker Cuthbert...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe defends rigging accusations
Embattled Robert Mugabe has come out fighting over accusations of vote rigging that have variously been levelled against him and his Zanu PF government...