Zimbabwe

  • Feb 11, 2009
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Power-sharing precedents bode ill for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was today sworn in as prime minister in a...

Zimbabwe
  • Feb 10, 2009
  • 1 min read

ZIMBABWE: Unity government takes shape

Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai selected his party's secretary-general, Tendai Biti,...

Zimbabwe
  • Feb 2, 2009
  • 6 min read

ZIMBABWE: Unity government will face early test

On January 30, the opposition agreed to join a government of national unity. Zimbabwe's...

Zimbabwe
  • Jan 30, 2009
  • 2 min read

ZIMBABWE: GNU looms as dollarisation proceeds

The executive committee of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) today recommended...

Zimbabwe
  • Jan 29, 2009
  • 7 min read

CHINA/AFRICA: New scramble for agricultural resources

Unlike the acquisition of oil and mining leases by foreigners, the spectacle of external...

China
  • Jan 27, 2009
  • 2 min read

ZIMBABWE: Power-sharing talks fail to resolve impasse

President Robert Mugabe appears set to press ahead with the formation of a new cabinet, following...

Zimbabwe
  • Jan 20, 2009
  • 2 min read

ZIMBABWE: Talks fail to break power-sharing impasse

President Robert Mugabe and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai met for...

Zimbabwe
  • Jan 14, 2009
  • 1 min read

ZIMBABWE: Rising cholera toll fails to jolt government

The WHO today raised the death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic to 2,106 since August, with...

Zimbabwe