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Opposition leader vows to return to Zimbabwe for runoff election
iht.com May 11, 2008
Morgan Tsvangirai, who contends he won 50.3 percent of the initial vote, announced that despite brutal attacks on hundreds of his party's workers and fears for his own life, he would soon return home to face President Robert Mugabe in a runoff election.
Zimbabwe : Where do we go from here?
rezo.net May 12, 2008
The sequence of events that produced the current deadlock in Zimbabwe began on 11 March last year when Morgan Tsvangirai and a number of other members of the Movement for Democratic Change were arrested, tortured and beaten. Robert Mugabe had banned all MDC meetings and rallies in the hope of...
Lift sanctions or we'll bar observers, Zimbabwe tells West - Summary
earthtimes.org May 12, 2008
Johannesburg/Harare - Zimbabwe's government said Monday it would only invite Western countries to send observers to a presidential run-off election if they lifted sanctions targeting mainly President Robert Mugabe and other members of the ruling elit...
Zimbabwe puts conditions on allowing election observers
iht.com May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential runoff unless they remove sanctions, state media reported Monday, rejecting opposition demands. ... Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Zimbabwe would not bow to pressure to...
Tsvangirai delays return to Zim
news24.com May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return "within the next few days ... not today" to begin campaigning in a run-off, says his spokesperson. ... Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai , 56,...
Zimbabwe: 'MDC , Western Sponsors Responsible for Country Destruction'
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
MDC and its Western sponsors have contributed to the destruction of Zimbabwe as they seek to effect regime change on the back of perceived national failure, a leading Zambian independent paper has said. ... The Post, in a hard hitting editorial comment on Thursday, said...
'MDC , Western Sponsors Responsible for Country Destruction'
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
MDC and its Western sponsors have contributed to the destruction of Zimbabwe as they seek to effect regime change on the back of perceived national failure, a leading Zambian independent paper has said. ... The Post, in a hard hitting editorial comment on Thursday, said...
Minister Defies MDC Conditions for Run-Off Election
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
THE minister of justice has said a second-round run-off between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will take place "as soon as possible" but the party will not accept preconditions from the opposition. ... We want it as soon as possible and...
Zimbabwe: Minister Defies MDC Conditions for Run-Off Election
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
THE minister of justice has said a second-round run-off between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will take place "as soon as possible" but the party will not accept preconditions from the opposition. ... We want it as soon as possible and...
Rare thumbs-up for Zimbabwe for repaying African bank
earthtimes.org May 12, 2008
Maputo - Cash-strapped Zimbabwe earned kudos from the African Development Bank Monday for managing to pay off 700 million dollars in debt to the bank despite an unprecedented economic crisis. Zimbabwe has, in all, paid US 700 million dollars to the ...
Zimbabwe: Re-Run Must Be Free
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has finally agreed to contest an election run-off with President Robert Mugabe. However, the political crisis in the southern African country seems to be far from over after Mr Tsvangirai gave conditions for his participation in the run-off, whose...
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