Tsvangirai returns home tomorrow: MDC

sabcnews.com     May 16, 2008            

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return to Zimbabwe tomorrow after an absence of more than a month to prepare for a presidential run-off due on June 27, a spokesperson for his MDC party said today. Tsvangirai, who has been visiting Northern Ireland, says the date for the run-off is... [read full story]                

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Police Ban Opposition Rallies in Harare

allafrica.com     May 13, 2008          

Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Tichaona Sibanda Police in Harare have barred the MDC from holding public rallies in the capital, ahead of the presidential run-off whose date has not yet been announced. The party's regional officer based in South Africa Nqobizitha Mlilo said Zanu PF, which is now...                

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Country Arrests Three MPs As Diplomats' Trip is Blocked

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008          

Three opposition legislators have been arrested in Zimbabwe while the country's two top trade unionists, in jail since last week, were denied bail in what civil society organisations say is as an intensifying crackdown on dissenting voices ahead of the presidential election runoff.                

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Death Toll From Violence Continues to Rise

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008          

Posted to the web 14 May 2008 Lance Guma Post election violence sponsored by the losing Zanu PF party has now claimed the lives of 32 people, according to the MDC. Two activists were killed in Gokwe Nembudziya after Zanu PF militia led by army Major Moyo attacked them Sunday evening. Zanu PF...                

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Zimbabwe: Death Toll From Violence Continues to Rise

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008          

Posted to the web 14 May 2008 Lance Guma Post election violence sponsored by the losing Zanu PF party has now claimed the lives of 32 people, according to the MDC. Two activists were killed in Gokwe Nembudziya after Zanu PF militia led by army Major Moyo attacked them Sunday evening. Zanu PF...                

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Zimbabwe court orders police to allow MDC rally

alertnet.org     May 16, 2008          

HARARE, May 16 (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered police to allow an opposition MDC rally planned for Sunday to go ahead, a party spokesman said. "We have just been granted an order to stop police from interfering with our rally, which will take place on Sunday. This is a crucial...                

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Tsvangirai Expected Back Today

allafrica.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in the country today after spending close to a month shuttling between Botswana and South Africa to try and raise international awareness of the worsening political situation in Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai left the country amid...                

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Candid Comment - Election Run-Off is a Non-Starter

allafrica.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 I AM not voting in the presidential run-off, regardless of when it's going to be. The MDC leadership, which is quick to accuse everyone who disagrees with it of buying a lifeline for President Mugabe, says it will participate in the run-off "under certain conditions"...                

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Zimbabwe: Candid Comment - Election Run-Off is a Non-Starter

allafrica.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 I AM not voting in the presidential run-off, regardless of when it's going to be. The MDC leadership, which is quick to accuse everyone who disagrees with it of buying a lifeline for President Mugabe, says it will participate in the run-off "under certain conditions"...                

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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Win Problematic

allafrica.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Constantine Chimakure A WIN by President Robert Mugabe in the anticipated presidential election run-off against the MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai will render the country ungovernable given that there is now has a hung parliament, analysts have said. According to the...                

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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Expected Back Today

allafrica.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in the country today after spending close to a month shuttling between Botswana and South Africa to try and raise international awareness of the worsening political situation in Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai left the country amid...                

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