Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Hopes of early negotiations to end the crisis in Zimbabwe took a fresh blow today as Robert Mugabe ruled out any talks with the opposition until it recognises him formally as the legitimate President.
normblog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Not long ago on this blog my friend Morris Szeftel referred to Morgan Tsvangirai's belief 'that Mugabe would have accepted the election results but was prevented from doing so by his hardliners'. A report in yesterday's Washington Post confirms this....
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis, his spokesman said. The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said its leader Morgan Tsvangirai had declined to meet Mbeki, who has tried to mediate between the two sides after Mugabe’s disputed re-election on June...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
THE proposed new full-time mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis, AU Commission chair Jean Ping, and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa are expected in the country this week amid speculation they will be seeking to bring MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe together.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has expressed disappointment at the failure of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to attend a meeting between Mbeki and Zimbabwean leaders today. It was earlier reported that Mbeki, in a surprise move regarding his apparent lack of action, met with President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of the breakaway faction of the opposition Movement...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
DPA Johannesburg, July 6 (DPA) Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction of Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The meeting was confirmed by Mbeki’s spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga. “President Mbeki did meet with President Mugabe,”...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
In his role as chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwean crisis, Thabo Mbeki met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a trip to Harare. But opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declined to meet the South African leader.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction of Tsvangirai's Movement for Dem...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Sa turday snubbed what would have been the first face-to-face meeting with Presiden t Robert Mugabe under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki, insis t ing on the involvement of other mediators in the country's political crisis.
appletree (Free subscription) | yesterday
Blessing Mabhena, 11-month-old victim of Mugabe’s thugs The Guardian now has video evidence of Mugabe’s thugs supervising individual voters in Zimbabwe, as well as videos of the “re-education centers” that Morgan Tsvangirai’s supporters were sent to.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several hundred members of Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition party MDC gathered in front of the US embassy in Harare to ask for help in ending violence that has plagued the country in recent months.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Monday, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai left the Dutch embassy after an eight-day sojourn. Announcing his departure, the Dutch government said he was always welcome back. Mr Tsvangirai had sought protection at a diplomatic mission because, he said, he felt unsafe at the hands of President Robert Mugabe’s security forces. But why the Dutch embassy? There are 28 foreign missions in...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has been rocked by divisions on whether the party should enter into negotiations with Zanu PF to form a government of national unity (GNU) to end the country's crisis.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Brussels - Any unity government in Zimbabwe should be headed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and should pave the way for fresh elections, the European Union's 27 member states said Friday. The European Union will only accept a formula which r...
Blairwatch (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Africa Confidential has a fascinating round-up of events in Harare and beyond : The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai , had formally withdrawn but his name was still on the ballot paper (AC Vol 49 No 13). Few people bothered to vote. Even so, in some constituencies in Matebeleland, the combined number of spoiled ballots and votes for Tsvangirai outnumbered those for the unopposed President, Robert...
