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MDC suspends engagement in unity govt

Zimbabwe's MDC party announced Friday that it had suspended its participation in a government of national unity with long time rivals Zanu PF. Prime Minister Tsvangirai lambasted his coalition partners as insincere and said the arrest of…
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PM cancels cabinet meeting over Bennett

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called off a cabinet meeting Thursday after a magistrate's court detained top aide Roy Bennett ahead of his trial on terrorism charges, officials said. "The Prime Minister has suspended the council…
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Zim man arrested for killing toddlers

A Zimbabwean man Petros 'Williams' Mwashita has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his two children following the break-up of his relationship with their mother. The mother of the boy, aged two, and four-year-old girl discovered their…
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Court orders Bennett back to jail

MUTARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday ordered ministerial nominee Roy Bennett -- a close aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai -- back to jail until his terrorism trial begins next week. Magistrate Lucy Mungwari announced the…
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Fraud fugitive in Facebook trap

A man on the run, wanted for fraud by US authorities, inadvertently revealed where he was hiding through a series of extravagant Facebook updates. Cameroon-born Maxi Sopo's messages made it clear he was living the high life in the Mexican…
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MDC backtracks on pullout plan

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party has dropped its plans to pull out of the unity government after its supporters rejected the proposals during consultations. The decision by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which…
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Farmer Freeth Begs Obama to intervene

Christina Lamb in Washington A British farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe and was beaten, abducted and finally had his house burnt down has travelled to Washington to ask the Obama administration to put pressure on the Zimbabwe…
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Gay campaigner Keith Goddard dies

The director of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), Keith Goddard has died. A statement from the GALZ website read. 'It is with deep regret and sorrow that Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) informs all our friends and partners of…
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Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Karl Ritter and Matt Moore PRESIDENT Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and…
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Moyo dumped by campaign manager

The man who helped Professor Jonathan Moyo campaign for the Tsholotsho parliamentary seat in the March 2008 harmonized elections is said to have now dumped him over his decision to rejoin Zanu PF.  The former information minister was last…
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