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United Nations In Zimbabwe Says Violence 'Could Reach Crisis Levels'

                   
voanews.com
May 13, 2008
        
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The United Nations country team in Zimbabwe on Tuesday expressed concern at the escalation of political violence and the impact that attacks in rural areas have had on humanitarian assistance, urging political leaders to restrain supporters. U.N. Resident Representative and Humanitarian... [read full story]                    

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Zimbabwe: UN Seeks Permission to Assess Violence

 allafrica.com May 16, 2008
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Zimbabwe: Violence affects aid work, UN wants government to assess

 reliefweb.int May 13, 2008
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Zimbabwe: UN Seeks Permission to Assess Violence

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Clemence Manyukwe Harare THE United Nations has sought permission to carry out an assessment of post-election violence in Zimbabwe, which it says is reaching crisis levels, the world body's resident representative, Augusto Zakarias, said on Tuesday. Zakarias said his...

                   

Zimbabwe: Official in Zimbabwe Said the UN Country Team Had Received an Increasing Number of...

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Unrest and violence have been widespread in Zimbabwe following the March 29 presidential election, in which the incumbent Robert Mugabe was challenged by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. "These incidences of violence are occurring in...

                   

Official in Zimbabwe Said the UN Country Team Had Received an Increasing Number of Reports for...

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Unrest and violence have been widespread in Zimbabwe following the March 29 presidential election, in which the incumbent Robert Mugabe was challenged by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. "These incidences of violence are occurring in...

                   

Protecting Zimbabwe

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Desmond Tutu Johannesburg Although the Chinese ship that was carrying arms to Zimbabwe, the An Yue Jiang, has reportedly turned back, we don't know where else President Robert Mugabe's military and paramilitary forces may be acquiring weapons. In light of the...

                   

Zimbabwe: Violence reaches crisis levels; youths forcibly recruited

nieuwsbank.nl
May 16, 2008
        

Amnesty International Zimbabwe: Violence reaches crisis levels; youths forcibly recruited Amnesty International today warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels, and revealed that "war veterans" are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the...

                   

Zimbabwe: Violence reaches crisis levels; youths forcibly recruited

reliefweb.int
May 15, 2008
        

Amnesty International today warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels, and revealed that ‘war veterans’ are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the opposition MDC (Movement for Democratic Change). ‘Those who refuse to commit violence are...

                   

Zimbabwe wants opposition to help it probe violence

thestar.com.my
May 15, 2008
        

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has called for joint investigations with the opposition into post-election violence that has raised tension ahead of a run-off presidential poll, a state-run paper said on Thursday. Justice minister and ZANU-PF spokesman Patrick Chinamasa told...

                   

Zimbabwe wants opposition to help it probe violence

alertnet.org
May 15, 2008
        

By Nelson Banya HARARE, May 15 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has called for joint investigations with the opposition into post-election violence that has raised tension ahead of a run-off presidential poll, a state-run paper said on Thursday. The opposition Movement for Democratic...

                   

US Ambassador Says Zimbabwe Government Doing Nothing to Stop Post-Election Violence

voanews.com
May 14, 2008
        

Zulu interview with Amb McGee - Listen (MP3) The US ambassador to Zimbabwe is speaking out (Wednesday) about criticism from state-run media and about Tuesday’s diplomatic row in which police delayed him and tried to detain him for questioning. The state-run Herald newspaper accused Ambassador...

                   

Zimbabwe: UN Voices Concern Over Politically-Motivated Violence

newsblaze.com
May 14, 2008
        

The United Nations today expressed its concern over rising political violence in Zimbabwe, allegedly perpetrated by security forces, youth militias, war veterans and gangs of supporters of both the ruling the ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The world...

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