Opposition leader vows to return to Zimbabwe for runoff election

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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. [read full story]

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Zimbabwe opposition to take part in presidential runoff

sacbee.com May 10, 2008

Zimbabwe's top opposition leader said Saturday he will take part in a presidential runoff against the country's longtime leader Robert Mugabe and will soon return to his homeland. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right, and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki , left, in Harare, Friday,...

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Zimbabwe rejects Western election observers

alertnet.org May 12, 2008

Source: Reuters By Nelson Banya HARARE, May 12 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential run-off unless they remove sanctions, state media said on ... ... By Nelson Banya HARARE, May 12 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe...

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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Not Fit to Rule Country - SA War Vets

allafrica.com May 12, 2008

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has come under fire from South Africa's Mkhonto weSizwe War Veterans' Association (MKVA) for championing Western interests and those of the corporate world at the expense of ordinary Zimbabweans. ... Colonel Patrick Ricketts of the South...

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Tsvangirai Not Fit to Rule Country - SA War Vets

allafrica.com May 12, 2008

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Zimbabwe rejects Western election observers

sabcnews.com May 12, 2008

Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential run-off unless they remove sanctions, state media said today, rejecting opposition demands. ... Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Zimbabwe would not bow to pressure to...

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Violence in Zimbabwe continues amid arrest

msn.com May 12, 2008

Johannesburg/Harare: Post-election violence in Zimbabwe continued unabated Sunday as the country headed for a presidential run-off, with more than 50 opposition members arrested in the past days for allegedly burning property at a farm belong to the country's top cop....

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Poll Violence Escalates As Opposition Set for Runoff

allafrica.com May 12, 2008

Mr Richard Nhliziyo could not help crying as menacing supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling party set his three huts on fire in a midnight raid that left his grandchildren too traumatised to return to school. ... Mr Mbeki and Mr Mugabe held talks on Friday on Zimbabwe's...

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The Standard Editor Arrested

allafrica.com May 12, 2008

Zimbabwean police arrested the editor of the privately owned weekly The Standard on Thursday over its publication of an opinion piece by a leading opposition politician. ... Raphael Khumalo, chief executive of the Zimbabwe Independent Media group which publishes the...

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