Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe election body won't ease group's ban

  Zimbabwe's official election body said Wednesday it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum ... 

• Zimbabwe groups plan to boycott vote monitoring

  Scores of in independent civic, pro-democracy and rights groups said Tuesday they will boycott monitoring upcoming voting for a referendum on a new ... 

• Zimbabwe finance minister pleads for diamond money

  Zimbabwe's finance minister said Monday he will ask President Robert Mugabe to order diamond mining companies to pay millions of dollars into the ... 

• Zimbabwe official warns of political violence

  A top official in the party of Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he is concerned that political violence is again taking root ahead ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify threats

  Zimbabwean police have increased threats against civic groups a week away from a referendum on a new constitution and before crucial elections to end ... 

• Zimbabwe's president predicts election victory

  Zimbabwe's president, celebrating his 89th birthday, said Saturday he believes he will resoundingly defeat his opponents in elections this year and ... 

• Zimbabwean judge dismisses referendum postponement

  A Zimbabwean lawyer says a judge dismissed a civic group's application to postpone the country's referendum vote on a new constitution. 

• Zimbabwe PM's party reports increase in violence

  The party of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday that violence against its supporters is increasing as political tensions rise ... 

• Zimbabwe says it has found funds for a referendum

  Zimbabwe's broke coalition government says it has raised enough money privately to pay for a referendum on a new constitution scheduled March 16. 

• Media group: Zimbabwe radio receiver ban illegal

  Media freedom campaigners said Friday police in Zimbabwe are breaking the law by seizing and banning small radio receivers that can tune in to ... 

• Zimbabwe police raid election support group

  An alliance of rights organizations said Zimbabwean police on Tuesday raided the offices of an independent election support group searching for ... 

• EU lifts bans on loyalists of Zimbabwe's president

  The European Union said Monday it has removed 21 loyalists of Zimbabwe's president from a sanctions list of people facing travel and banking bans. 

• Zimbabwe voter awareness campaigners arrested

  A community group in Zimbabwe says a pastor and three activists were arrested for holding a voter education meeting a day after President Robert ... 

• Zimbabwe president announces referendum date

  Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on a new constitution ... 

• Zimbabwe police hit Valentine's Day marchers

  A women's activism group said Friday Zimbabwe police fired tear gas and baton charged to disperse Valentine's Day marchers, herding 195 people ... 

• Zimbabwe sets March 16 vote date

  Zimbabwe's constitutional affairs minister says a referendum on a new constitution has been "tentatively" set for March 16 to be followed by fresh ... 

• Monitors criticize Belgium on Zimbabwe diamonds

  A world monitoring group on conflict diamonds said Wednesday it wants restrictions on the sale of Zimbabwe diamonds tightened after calls to relax ... 

• Ill Zimbabwe election commission head resigns

  Zimbabwe's justice ministry says the head of the nation's election commission has resigned for health reasons weeks away from a referendum on a new ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify clampdown

  Rights groups on Tuesday said police in Zimbabwe have intensified a clampdown on civil society organizations and democracy campaigners ahead of a ... 

• Amnesty fears new executions in Zimbabwe

  Amnesty International said Friday it fears Zimbabwe will resume executions after the state media quoted prison officials saying they have found a new ... 

• Zimbabwe's parliament mulls constitutional reforms

  Zimbabwe's parliament Wednesday began discussing a new constitution that reduces some of the president's powers, demands political impartiality from ... 

• SAfrican court blocks helicopters to Zimbabwe

  A regional civic campaign group says a South African court has blocked the delivery of helicopter gunships to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ... 

• Campaigners try to stop Zimbabwe gunship delivery

  A regional civic campaign group says it is taking legal action to stop Zimbabwe from taking delivery of helicopter gunships from neighboring South ... 

• Zimbabwe leaders say constitution deal agreed

  Zimbabwe's political leaders say they have reached agreement on a new constitution after more than two years of delays and bickering over changes to ... 

• Farmers: Zimbabwe food production declines further

  An organization of mostly displaced white farmers in Zimbabwe said Thursday upcoming harvests of the corn staple are forecast to decline by tens of ...