The Independent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Robert Mugabe has abandoned a negotiated solution to the Zimbabwean crisis at the behest of the generals who prop him up, sources have told The Independent .
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
ZIMBABWEAN president Robert Mugabe's decision to reconvene parliament next Tuesday jeopardises the ongoing powersharing talks between the country's rival parties, said a senior opposition member yesterday.
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
James Kirchick: Negotiations held under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community have thus failed to achieve a "power-sharing" agreement between Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. According to some reports, the proposed accord, drafted by South African President Thabo Mbeki, would split executive powers between Mugabe and Mr. Tsvangirai, grant...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Five million Zimbabweans are in need of food aid but supplies in South African warehouses risk being sent elsewhere because of a ban on aid agency operations.
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum has lodged an application with the Southern African Development Community Tribunal in Windhoek, to declare Robert Mugabe's...
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — President Robert Mugabe’s government says he will open parliament next week despite the opposition’s saying the step would undermine power-sharing talks….
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has expressed shock and sorrow at the death of Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, state television reported Wednesday night. "In a statement to the Zambian Vice President Mr Rupia Banda, President Mugabe said he had learnt with profound shock and sorrow of the untimely death of a brother and a colleague,” Zimbabwe Television said in the bulletin. Mwanawasa died...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party resolved this week not to give in to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s demand for full executive power, a development that probably puts the last nail in the coffin of stalled power-sharing talks between the two rivals. Sources in ZANU PF told ZimOnline that the ruling party’s inner politburo cabinet met in Harare on Wednesday to receive a report...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will officially open parliament on Tuesday despite opposition warnings that such a move would endanger crucial power-sharing talks.
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
source: allAfrica The Nation (Nairobi) 19 August 2008 Posted to the web 20 August 2008 Kitsepile Nyathi Harare The Zimbabwean government today claimed that African leaders were warming up to President Robert Mugabe after realising that they were misled by the opposition on his re-election. African leaders broke with tradition to condemn Mr Mugabe’s June 27 run-off election where he ran alone [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC said on Wednesday plans by President Robert Mugabe’s government to convene parliament would endanger power-sharing talks between the country’s political rivals.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said a decision to convene Parliament was a repudiation of a deal that set the rules for talks to form a government with President Robert Mugabe and his party.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Geneva - The United Nations mission in Zimbabwe is over-cautious in its dealings with Harare, contributing to a weak response to the country's internal displacement problem, an NGO said on Thursday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre urged the UN to get tough with President Robert Mugabe 's government on the issue, adding that a failure to raise these issues could undermine the UN's credibility....
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe’s rightful leader should not be bounced into a bad deal PRESSURE is mounting on Morgan Tsvangirai, who in a fair world would already be Zimbabwe’s leader, to compromise with the election-usurping Robert Mugabe, in order to forge a unity government to put Zimbabwe out of its misery. But hold on. A bad deal may well be worse than no deal, if it lets Mr Mugabe stay in power, with Mr Tsvangirai’s...
