Elections in Zimbabwe

Pitfalls to Negotiations

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago   5 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Dumisani Muleya /Constantine Chimakure WHILE power-sharing talks between Zanu PF and the two MDC factions started on an optimistic note in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday, potential dangers...                

Zimbabwe: GNU, TG Which Way?

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago   3 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Constantine Chimakure TALKS to find a settlement to Zimbabwe's decade-long crisis started in Pretoria this week with Zanu PF and the MDC still deeply divided over what the process should produce....                

Candid Comment - Democracy Must Be Built On Truth

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 ZANU PF and the two MDC formations have signed the MoU to mark the transition from "talks about talks" to substantive dialogue. Yet that has not stopped the European Union from asserting its...                

Only One Way

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 HAVEN'T we been here before? "Talks about talks"; the search for a "settlement"; the palpable need for legitimacy on the part of the incumbents; the public media presenting dialogue as something...                

Mandaza, Kazembe in Sapes Boardroom Row

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago          

A BOARDROOM fight has erupted at the Southern African Political and Economic Series (Sapes) Trust with chairman Ibbo Mandaza reportedly lobbying for the expulsion of his deputy Joyce Kazembe from the organisation for allegedly...                

China And Russia Blunder On Africa

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 THE British representative to the United Nations calls it a missed opportunity. They were reacting to the Chinese and Russian veto on July 11 of a UN Security Council resolution to impose...                

Zimbabwe talks go well though many Zimbabweans feel betrayed and some violence continues

iht.com     18 hrs ago   1,119 related          

Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's rival political parties were proceeding well Friday, a South African official said, although violence continued and hundreds of opposition supporters remained jailed. Both sides are under...                

US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions

iht.com     23 hrs ago   12 related          

The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe says the United States is in the process of strengthening sanctions against individual Zimbabweans blamed for deadly electoral violence. Mark Weinberg, an embassy spokesman, says that "proposed new...                

U.S. to beef up penalties for Zimbabwe election violence

cnn.com     21 hrs ago   74 related          

Sanctions would target individuals "responsible for the recent violence" 150 opposition supporters killed, thousands injured, tens of thousands homeless Move to pressure President Mugabe; critics call his win a sham China,...                

U.S. expands Zimbabwe sanctions

cnn.com     19 hrs ago   11 related          

U.S. President Bush signs order expanding sanctions against Zimbabwe In written statement, Bush calls Robert Mugabe's government "illegitimate" Russia, China have vetoed U.N. resolution calling for international sanctions...                

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