Zimbabwe Vigil

The Zimbabwe Vigil pressure group based in London has requested a meeting with the UK Home Office Secretary Theresa May to discuss the operations of Zanu PF in the country. This comes after Mugabe’s party opened another branch in Bracknell…
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The Zimbabwe Action Forum (ZAF), gathering after the Vigil, offered support to people at home seeking a new political path as the situation there continues to worsen.
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Our Mugabe mask got another outing at an EU / Africa Summit when the Vigil demonstrated in Brussels on Wednesday against the EU’s craven invitation to Mugabe to attend the meeting despite being ‘the last man standing’ on the sanctions list.…
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Rumours that the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has agreed to fund statues of Mugabe costing some $5 million have been dismissed in London.
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The Vigil is writing to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to boycott the EU / AU Summit in Brussels on 2 / 3 April if Mugabe attends. We think he should follow the example of his predecessor Gordon Brown who refused to attend an EU /…
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LONDON - Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa should ‘look East’ and ‘grovel’ to China for a handout according to a UK based pressure group, the Zimbabwe Vigil.
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LONDON – Activists from the Zimbabwe Vigil have vowed to stage a demonstration against Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi who is scheduled to give a speech in London at Chatham House.
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At the Vigil we said a prayer for all those fleeing Africa. Our thoughts were of the hundreds of hopeful migrants who drowned when their vessel sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, ending their dream of a better life in Europe.
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A pom pom from the Vigil for NoViolet Bulawayo who has been chosen as one of the finalists for the prestigious Man Booker prize for best novel of the year written by someone from the Commonwealth (still including the Irish Republic and…
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The Zimbabwean diaspora is puzzled that a month has passed since the stolen elections and a seemingly punch-drunk opposition has given no sign of a strategy to confront Mugabe, let alone stage demonstrations against Zanu PF’s blatant…
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