2008 elections

By Darlington Nyambiya Zanu PF’s most formidable opponent in its 37 year long ruinous rule of Zimbabwe has not been the overstated sanctions imposed by the West, nor has it been Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC despite beating the ruling…
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Since the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in September 2008 and the setting in place of the Inclusive Government (IG) in February 2009, Zimbabwe has been stuck with the inevitable consequences of a dysfunctional peace…
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Both MDC formations in the coalition government have rejected outright amendments to the draft constitution being proposed by ZANU PF describing it as an insult meant to collapse the constitution-making process.
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HARARE — France on Tuesday gave Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai a prestigious award for his efforts in fighting for democracy in the southern African country.
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A New York hedge fund "loaned" the millions Zanu-PF needed to crush the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's victory in the 2008 elections. The source of a controversial $100-million loan is a major US institutional investor.
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President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF kills for power, ex-Cabinet minister and party politburo member Dumiso Dabengwa has said. The former Zipra intelligence supremo said they were disgusted at being part of an organisation, which killed…
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President Robert Mugabe’s desperate push for early elections this year suffered a major dent when the United Nations warned that holding the polls before reforms would be “suicidal”.
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Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her mission to Zimbabwe. This is the first ever visit to Zimbabwe by any High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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HARARE- Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said that political violence is continuing despite denials by perpetrators who have targeted his supporters. Tsvangirai met with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay…
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HARARE- President Robert Mugabe yesterday said he is still traumatised by losing the 2008 election to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai especially in Manicaland, a province from which most guerrillas in the 1970s liberation war came from.
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