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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe in the Oval Office at the White House June 12, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Prime Minister Tsvangirai turns to God

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he was praying for divine intervention to ensure Zimbabwe has a bloodless transition in the forthcoming general elections.

Sadc summit on Zimbabwe looms
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Sadc summit on Zimbabwe looms

HARARE – Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election.

UNDER SPOTLIGHT... President Robert Mugabe speaks to journalists soon after holding talks with South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at a Harare hotel Wednesday night. (Pic: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi.
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Mugabe flies into Sadc storm

President Robert Mugabe walks into a storm at a Sadc summit that begins in Maputo Friday, as mediator South African President Jacob Zuma presents a report to the regional organ showing that a new constitution is being stalled by sharp differences in Zanu PF.

Thug in Chief: Jimmy Kunaka leads the notorious ZANU PF Chipangano gang
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Zanu PF in runaway gang scare

HARARE – What started as a useful terror group for Zanu PF is turning into a monster and runaway gang now out of the party’s control. Senior party officials, including President Robert Mugabe’s closest allies are coming out demanding its disbandment.

The symbiotic relationship between Mugabe and the British did not end with rhetorical support and money changing hands, but it extended to royal endorsement for Mugabe and his policies.
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Queen Elizabeth wishes to visit Zimbabwe

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth wants to visit Zimbabwe, a trip that will likely strengthen ties with Zimbabwe. The royal tour, possibly the Queen’s last to Zimbabwe given her age, if it materialises, will coincide with nationwide celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne.

Mugabe ready to hand over power if he loses
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Mugabe ready to hand over power if he loses

Mugabe is ready to hand over power if he loses the forthcoming elections, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Mugabe will voluntarily give up his powers and will not seek to subvert the will of the people, the PM told his New Zealand counterpart John Key.

Vice President Joice Mujuru and her late husband General Solomon Mujuru
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Mujuru’s estate valued at US$9 Billion

Unconfirmed reports suggest the late General Solomon Mujuru left behind an estate worth an estimated US$9 billion. The sources, citing correspondence between lawyers representing the general’s family and children, predicted a big battle for the estate.

Mugabe and Tsvangirai
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Tsvangirai confronts Mugabe

HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is set to confront President Robert Mugabe over the military’s use of intimidation and violence to block MDC activities.

Nelson Chamisa, Elton Mangoma and Tendai Biti at an MDC-T rally in Bulawayo. Over 25 000 supporters are estimated to have packed into the White City Stadium last year.
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Soldiers force Biti to hold rally in the bush

There was drama in Mashonaland West yesterday when dozens of soldiers and hundreds of Zanu PF militia forced MDC secretary general Tendai Biti to hold a rally in the bush instead of Darwendale Stadium as tensions ahead of elections rise in Zimbabwe.

Jonathan Moyo with fellow Zanu-PF members
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Angry Moyo rants at South African envoy

HARARE – Zanu PF spin doctor and former Information minister, Jonathan Moyo on Thursday night clashed with South African ambassador to Zimbabwe, Vusi Mavimbela at a public discussion, with the serial political flip-flopper accusing the envoy of “undiplomatic behaviour.”

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe meets UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay
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Mugabe poll plan crushed by UN rights Chief

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”.

The late Vice President John Nkomo, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa (who led the CIO during the Gukurahundi Massacres) and President Robert Mugabe
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Zanu PF plot to oust Mugabe gathers steam

HARARE- President Robert Mugabe is battling to thwart an internal Zanu PF plot playing out within Copac, which also involves the other two parties, MDC-T and MDC-N, designed to deliver a “technical knock-out blow” against him by a joint force drawn from a cross-section of rivals straddling the three main political organisations.

Court says no foul play in Mujuru death
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Court says no foul play in Mujuru death

Harare- A Zimbabwean magistrate has ruled out foul play in the death last August of retired army general Solomon Mujuru, a major player in the contest to succeed ageing President Robert Mugabe.

Wikileaks: Bennett criticised MDC-T leadership
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Wikileaks: Bennett criticised MDC-T leadership

HARARE- Roy Bennett, the exiled treasurer –general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai believes his party is good at campaigning but it lacks the people who know how to run a government.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Obert Mpofu, Elton Mangoma and Saviour Kasukuwere
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Mugabe fumes at Mangoma over Zesa bills

HARARE- Energy and Power Development minister Elton Mangoma came under fire from President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF cabinet ministers at a high-level meeting on Tuesday over leaked Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) bills.

Plaxedes Wenyika
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Betty criticises Plaxedes over Kereke US$1800

LONDON- The founder of the Girl Child Network Betty Makoni has criticised singer Plaxedes Wenyika for accepting US$1,800 from Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, who is accused of raping his then eleven year old niece in December 2010.