<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - zimbabwe</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/zimbabwe</link><description>Newsvine - zimbabwe</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:45:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 09:01:32 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Zimbabwe groups: election intimidation building</title>
<description><![CDATA[Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human rights and pro-democracy groups say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587347-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587347-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:45:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d2cc435-3100-4ace-a6dc-78d4388c99ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d2cc435-3100-4ace-a6dc-78d4388c99ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March 2, 2013, members of the ZANU-PF youth  group, popularly known as Chipangano (meaning the brotherhood in local slang) perform at President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday celebrations in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human rights and pro-democracy groups say. Witnesses say Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has begun deploying youth militia groups in some of its strongholds. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1d69713-1eef-4a92-80b8-a1af70174d6e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1d69713-1eef-4a92-80b8-a1af70174d6e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March 2, 2013, members of the ZANU-PF youth  group, popularly known as Chipangano (meaning the brotherhood in local slang) perform at President Robert Mugabes 89th birthday celebrations in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human rights and pro-democracy groups say. Witnesses say Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has begun deploying youth militia groups in some of its strongholds. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe groups: election intimidation building</title>
<description><![CDATA[Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human rights and pro-democracy groups say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17487703-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17487703-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>morgan-tsvangirai</category><category>zimbabwe-high-court</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe court frees rights lawyer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's top rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, released by a court after eight days in jail for allegedly obstructing justice, said Monday her arrest was a ploy to intimidate human rights activists and pro-democracy groups ahead of upcoming elections expected in July.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17458043-zimbabwe-court-frees-rights-lawyer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17458043-zimbabwe-court-frees-rights-lawyer</guid><category>ap</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:34:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7272861-c2ad-4c34-9fe0-524dd210ca4f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7272861-c2ad-4c34-9fe0-524dd210ca4f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, left,  leaves the  high court in Harare Monday Monday March 25, 2013. Zimbabwe's High Court  on Monday freed Mtetwa, from eight days of detention on allegations of obstructing the course of justice (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe's president calls for African papal visit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he wants Pope Francis to visit Africa because he is "a man of God who will be praying for all of us, praying for the sinful world to repent."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385045-zimbabwes-president-calls-for-african-papal-visit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385045-zimbabwes-president-calls-for-african-papal-visit</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>pope</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:36:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe court orders rights lawyer to be released</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday freed on bail a top rights lawyer who had been held for eight days on allegations of obstructing the course of justice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17373798-zimbabwe-court-orders-rights-lawyer-to-be-released</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17373798-zimbabwe-court-orders-rights-lawyer-to-be-released</guid><category>ap</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>morgan-tsvangirai</category><category>zimbabwe-high-court</category><category>prominent-zimbabwean</category><category>beatrice-mtetwa</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:52:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6ac5360-e7f6-4ec2-8719-40ecd568b739.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6ac5360-e7f6-4ec2-8719-40ecd568b739.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, left, arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police armed with batons outside the Harare court where human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, unseen, arrived Tuesday, March 19, 2013, charged with  obstructing justice, after police ignored a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce1c2a3-054e-4499-bb4d-59224527be48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce1c2a3-054e-4499-bb4d-59224527be48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, right, arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7272861-c2ad-4c34-9fe0-524dd210ca4f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7272861-c2ad-4c34-9fe0-524dd210ca4f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, left,  leaves the  high court in Harare Monday Monday March 25, 2013. Zimbabwe's High Court  on Monday freed Mtetwa, from eight days of detention on allegations of obstructing the course of justice (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe police ignore order to free top lawyer</title>
<description><![CDATA[An independent Zimbabwean lawyers' group said Monday the continued detention of one of its top members, the country's most prominent human rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa, highlights the urgent need to reform of law enforcement, two days after a referendum on a new constitution to strengthen human rights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17358778-zimbabwe-police-ignore-order-to-free-top-lawyer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17358778-zimbabwe-police-ignore-order-to-free-top-lawyer</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>bc</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:24:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe president arrives in Rome for papal mass</title>
<description><![CDATA[State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural mass of newly-elected Pope Francis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17356049-zimbabwe-president-arrives-in-rome-for-papal-mass</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17356049-zimbabwe-president-arrives-in-rome-for-papal-mass</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:40:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rights lawyer brought to court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prominent Zimbabwean rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa appeared in court Tuesday on charges of obstructing justice after police ignored a judge's order to release her a day earlier.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345326-zimbabwe-rights-lawyer-brought-to-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345326-zimbabwe-rights-lawyer-brought-to-court</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>prominent-zimbabwean</category><category>beatrice-mtetwa</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a621b8-397f-487a-8b96-b2071348810d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a621b8-397f-487a-8b96-b2071348810d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabweans wait  in a queue to cast their vote during the country's referendum in the capital   Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 .  Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does not guarantee an end to political violence and intimidation ahead of crucial elections later this year, the prime minister's party said. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b70914-071c-4f4b-bbbb-9a92c16ebd14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b70914-071c-4f4b-bbbb-9a92c16ebd14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Polling officials  are seen at a polling station  during the  country's referendum in the capital   Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 .  Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does not guarantee an end to political violence and intimidation ahead of crucial elections later this year, the prime minister's party said. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bf74bb7-662e-4baa-bfb6-20eea8d62d5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bf74bb7-662e-4baa-bfb6-20eea8d62d5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwean Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, addresses a press conference in Harare, Sunday, March, 17, 2013, following the arrests of one of the country's top human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa  who was arrested while questioning the police over the arrests of top aides of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Charamba was quoted as saying that Mtetwa was interfering with Police investigations (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6ac5360-e7f6-4ec2-8719-40ecd568b739.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6ac5360-e7f6-4ec2-8719-40ecd568b739.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, left, arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police armed with batons outside the Harare court where human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, unseen, arrived Tuesday, March 19, 2013, charged with  obstructing justice, after police ignored a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce1c2a3-054e-4499-bb4d-59224527be48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce1c2a3-054e-4499-bb4d-59224527be48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, right, arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabweans vote in favor of new constitution</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's electoral body said Tuesday that 94.5 percent of voters cast a ballot in favor of a new constitution that calls for a strengthening of human rights and a curb on presidential powers after a decade of political and economic turmoil in the southern African nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326151-zimbabweans-vote-in-favor-of-new-constitution</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326151-zimbabweans-vote-in-favor-of-new-constitution</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>referendum</category><category>vote</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>morgan-tsvangirai</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:21:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1f3e86d-c666-4a43-8c21-1fac535c6026.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1f3e86d-c666-4a43-8c21-1fac535c6026.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  sort  material for use as polling booths in  Harare, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. The country is set to hold  a referendum  on Saturday  in  which people are expected to vote  for the adoption of the  draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df54e704-eea1-490e-9477-d2a04d482e59.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df54e704-eea1-490e-9477-d2a04d482e59.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission carry  materials for use as polling booths in  Harare, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. The country is set to hold  a referendum  on Saturday  in  which people are expected to vote  for the adoption of the  draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6d5c52a-6284-4643-8173-21e91faed80f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6d5c52a-6284-4643-8173-21e91faed80f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A  worker from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  sorts  materials for use in polling  stations  in  Harare, Thursday, March 14, 2013. The country is set to hold  a referendum  on Saturday  in  which people are expected to vote  for the adoption of the  draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4596c289-e95d-488a-bb2f-d13f3c728dd0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4596c289-e95d-488a-bb2f-d13f3c728dd0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai casts his vote during the country's referendum in Chitungwiza, about 30 Kilometers (20 miles) east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Zimbabweans began casting ballots in a one-day referendum on a new constitution that all main political parties have backed, urging their supporters to vote Yes to accept the 170-page draft document. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cada8535-30db-4106-9cfa-de0b0bc7c26f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cada8535-30db-4106-9cfa-de0b0bc7c26f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman arrives in a wheelchair to cast her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. Zimbabwe is holding  the referendum on a new  constitution which will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5359a51a-4da1-4bd2-b513-d9b58558bddb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5359a51a-4da1-4bd2-b513-d9b58558bddb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Women carrying water walks past a polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. Zimbabwe is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which will pave way for the adoption of the  draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4ea7ced-303a-49d6-a833-6cae8b40d82a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4ea7ced-303a-49d6-a833-6cae8b40d82a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A police officer chats on a mobile phone at a polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. All political groups have called for a 'Yes' vote on a constitution whose reforms would reduce presidential powers and grant more democratic rights. However, even if the constitution is approved, arrests and harassment of rights and democracy activists this year by police loyal to Mugabe raise doubts about whether such changes would be seriously enforced. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4787a7e5-54aa-49c2-8b05-d484b16d9273.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4787a7e5-54aa-49c2-8b05-d484b16d9273.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An election official holds one of the ballot papers for use during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. All political groups have called for a &quot;Yes&quot; vote on a constitution whose reforms would reduce presidential powers and grant more democratic rights. However, even if the constitution is approved, arrests and harassment of rights and democracy activists this year by police loyal to Mugabe raise doubts about whether such changes would be seriously enforced. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d513afa5-5fc4-4eba-a704-0ad501a6ef09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d513afa5-5fc4-4eba-a704-0ad501a6ef09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman casts her vote at a polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44cf045b-b43b-487f-8f5a-3d2059d38c69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44cf045b-b43b-487f-8f5a-3d2059d38c69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman arrives at a polling station to cast her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea90ac84-295c-4fe5-aafd-4daa606760da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea90ac84-295c-4fe5-aafd-4daa606760da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers stand at a Polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The referendum this weekend mirrors the hopes and fears of four previous elections which were marred by violence and vote-rigging since Tsvangirai, a former labor leader, founded his Movement for Democratic Change party, the first real challenge to Mugabe, in 1999. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1264058b-408d-4236-a781-5ed5c8edca87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1264058b-408d-4236-a781-5ed5c8edca87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman, carrying her baby piggyback, waits to have formality done before she casts her vote at a polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fea298a-5980-4d2d-887b-49afdbbf2c7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fea298a-5980-4d2d-887b-49afdbbf2c7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An elderly woman shows her identity card while waiting to cast her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3b2678-5131-4c0a-a89e-ae600ec24e84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3b2678-5131-4c0a-a89e-ae600ec24e84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabweans wait in a queue to cast their vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09c2b9b1-442e-4768-a6a2-dcbf6f333b4f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09c2b9b1-442e-4768-a6a2-dcbf6f333b4f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman shows her ink stained index finger after casting her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 .The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25aec5eb-3b44-4431-ad18-0ed32c908cbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25aec5eb-3b44-4431-ad18-0ed32c908cbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two men  pray in front of a polling station during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7638e567-685b-4e9f-a04f-a737f96a86ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7638e567-685b-4e9f-a04f-a737f96a86ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman is assisted to cast her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d16a9198-0009-4a64-8918-50a3c4c32e13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d16a9198-0009-4a64-8918-50a3c4c32e13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe greet his arrival to cast his vote during the country's referendum in the capital Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding a referendum on a new constitution which will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc32f9b1-3c9b-4427-b074-dd664cd8aa44.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc32f9b1-3c9b-4427-b074-dd664cd8aa44.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe casts his vote for a referendum on a new constitution that all main political parties have backed in Harare, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Officials said polling was busy in populous districts after voting stations opened at 7.00 a.m. (0500 GMT) across the country. The proposed constitution reduces the entrenched powers of Zimbabwe's president and includes a range of democratic reforms demanded by regional mediators in Zimbabwe's decade-long political and economic crisis. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd56805d-f0e4-4eca-9ee6-502b29dd89d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd56805d-f0e4-4eca-9ee6-502b29dd89d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabweans wait in a queue to cast their votes during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a621b8-397f-487a-8b96-b2071348810d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a621b8-397f-487a-8b96-b2071348810d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabweans wait  in a queue to cast their vote during the country's referendum in the capital   Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 .  Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does not guarantee an end to political violence and intimidation ahead of crucial elections later this year, the prime minister's party said. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b70914-071c-4f4b-bbbb-9a92c16ebd14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b70914-071c-4f4b-bbbb-9a92c16ebd14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Polling officials  are seen at a polling station  during the  country's referendum in the capital   Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 .  Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does not guarantee an end to political violence and intimidation ahead of crucial elections later this year, the prime minister's party said. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68769b44-90fc-49c9-9adb-f5605e4264b4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68769b44-90fc-49c9-9adb-f5605e4264b4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman is assisted to cast her vote during a referendum in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. The country is holding the referendum on a new  constitution which  will pave way for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections  later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7146f24-dd4f-4955-96c7-d514750fb6ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa arrives at court in Harare, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Police have charged Mtetwa for obstructing justice after ignoring a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24082337-f105-4dca-96c1-ad95f92d04cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police armed with batons outside the Harare court where human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, unseen, arrived Tuesday, March 19, 2013, charged with  obstructing justice, after police ignored a judge's order to release her a day earlier. Mtetwa was arrested Sunday while representing four opposition members of the prime minister's party while  undergoing police searches. (AP Photo) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe election body won't ease group's ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Saturday on a new constitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295429-zimbabwe-election-body-wont-ease-groups-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295429-zimbabwe-election-body-wont-ease-groups-ban</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>ban</category><category>world-news</category><category>monitor</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:29:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe resort town in new lion alert</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildlife officials say they have renewed a lion alert at the northern tourism and fishing resort town of Kariba after the reported sighting of two more lions near the suburb where two people were mauled to death last week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17270434-zimbabwe-resort-town-in-new-lion-alert</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17270434-zimbabwe-resort-town-in-new-lion-alert</guid><category>lions</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe finance minister pleads for diamond money</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's finance minister said Monday he will ask President Robert Mugabe to order diamond mining companies to pay millions of dollars into the nation's treasury.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269894-zimbabwe-finance-minister-pleads-for-diamond-money</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269894-zimbabwe-finance-minister-pleads-for-diamond-money</guid><category>elections</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:57:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe official warns of political violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 of a March 16 referendum on a new constitution and elections later in the year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248836-zimbabwe-official-warns-of-political-violence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248836-zimbabwe-official-warns-of-political-violence</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>voting</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>biti</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:54:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe groups plan to boycott vote monitoring</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scores of in independent civic, pro-democracy and rights groups said Tuesday they will boycott monitoring upcoming voting for a referendum on a new constitution unless the state election commission withdraws bans on activists that affect several key local organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17247849-zimbabwe-groups-plan-to-boycott-vote-monitoring</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17247849-zimbabwe-groups-plan-to-boycott-vote-monitoring</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>voting</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 00:15:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe jails self-professed Congolese Satanists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Congolese nationals who claim to be devil worshippers say they have been unjustly jailed in Zimbabwe for wanting to practice their cult in the southern African nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237554-zimbabwe-jails-self-professed-congolese-satanists</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237554-zimbabwe-jails-self-professed-congolese-satanists</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>jailed</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>satanists</category><category>two-congolese</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:04:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb551412-38b6-4f85-a43a-f3b024f45da7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb551412-38b6-4f85-a43a-f3b024f45da7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;RELEASED FRIDAY MARCH 8 2013 FOR STORY ZIMBABWE JAILED SATANISTS - George  Renene Longange, 41,  shows the back of his prison clothing with the words, 'Super Devil' inscribed, as he talks to the media at Harare Remand Prison, in Harare, Zimbabwe, in this photo dated February, 22, 2013. George Rene Longange, 41, and Ngezi Ngendo Bragston, 37,  said they have been held in a Harare prison for a year awaiting deportation after they asked to be allowed to form a church to worship Satan at a refugee camp in southeastern Zimbabwe. In a rare interview with the AP, the two men claim they only want to engage in rituals like the drinking of their own blood and animal blood, and prostrate themselves before red painted coffins to honour Satan. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc62fff9-c1c5-4e8e-9036-885160dec04f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc62fff9-c1c5-4e8e-9036-885160dec04f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;RELEASED FRIDAY MARCH 8 2013 FOR STORY ZIMBABWE JAILED SATANISTS - Two Congolese nationals who claim to be devil worshippers,  George Renene Longange, 41, right, and Ngezi Ngendo Bragston, 37,  talk to the media at Harare Remand Prison, in Harare, Zimbabwe, in this photo dated February, 22, 2013.  The men said they have been held in a Harare prison for a year awaiting deportation after they asked to be allowed to form a church to worship Satan at a refugee camp in southeastern Zimbabwe. In a rare interview with the AP, the two men claim they only want to engage in rituals like the drinking of their own blood and animal blood, and prostrate themselves before red painted coffins to honour Satan. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rangers catch and put down 3 killer lions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe said Friday three lions that killed two people near a suburb in the northern resort town of Kariba have been caught and put down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17236232-zimbabwe-rangers-catch-and-put-down-3-killer-lions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17236232-zimbabwe-rangers-catch-and-put-down-3-killer-lions</guid><category>lions</category><category>ap</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>killer</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:14:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52250bd0-034e-4d51-99cb-b5788545a606.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52250bd0-034e-4d51-99cb-b5788545a606.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This January, 2013 photo from files shows a lion yawning near the National Parks sanctuary in Zimbabwe. Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife said fliers had been handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution people on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9a5ec60-6dd6-4ab3-9b04-00dd3f1b40ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9a5ec60-6dd6-4ab3-9b04-00dd3f1b40ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -   This January, 2013 photo from files shows a woman watching a lion in a wildlife sanctuary near Kariba, Zimbabwe. Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife said fliers had been handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution people on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rangers catch and put down 3 killer lions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe say three lions that killed two people near a suburb in the northern lakeside resort town of Kariba have been caught and put down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17235651-zimbabwe-rangers-catch-and-put-down-3-killer-lions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17235651-zimbabwe-rangers-catch-and-put-down-3-killer-lions</guid><category>lions</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>killer</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:03:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52250bd0-034e-4d51-99cb-b5788545a606.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52250bd0-034e-4d51-99cb-b5788545a606.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This January, 2013 photo from files shows a lion yawning near the National Parks sanctuary in Zimbabwe. Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife said fliers had been handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution people on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9a5ec60-6dd6-4ab3-9b04-00dd3f1b40ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9a5ec60-6dd6-4ab3-9b04-00dd3f1b40ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -   This January, 2013 photo from files shows a woman watching a lion in a wildlife sanctuary near Kariba, Zimbabwe. Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife said fliers had been handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution people on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe resort town on full rogue lion alert</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert Wednesday after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209336-zimbabwe-resort-town-on-full-rogue-lion-alert</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209336-zimbabwe-resort-town-on-full-rogue-lion-alert</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>alert</category><category>world-news</category><category>lion</category><category>af</category><category>lion-alert</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe's president predicts election victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's president, celebrating his 89th birthday, said Saturday he believes he will resoundingly defeat his opponents in elections this year and remain in power for another five years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17159740-zimbabwes-president-predicts-election-victory</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17159740-zimbabwes-president-predicts-election-victory</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>birthday</category><category>world-news</category><category>mugabe</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwean judge dismisses referendum postponement</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Zimbabwean lawyer says a judge dismissed a civic group's application to postpone the country's referendum vote on a new constitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133041-zimbabwean-judge-dismisses-referendum-postponement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133041-zimbabwean-judge-dismisses-referendum-postponement</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>referendum</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe PM's party reports increase in violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[The party of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday that violence against its supporters is increasing as political tensions rise before upcoming elections.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17102371-zimbabwe-pms-party-reports-increase-in-violence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17102371-zimbabwe-pms-party-reports-increase-in-violence</guid><category>violence</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>morgan-tsvangirai</category><category>zimbabwean-prime-minister</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:26:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe says it has found funds for a referendum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's broke coalition government says it has raised enough money privately to pay for a referendum on a new constitution scheduled March 16.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17075463-zimbabwe-says-it-has-found-funds-for-a-referendum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17075463-zimbabwe-says-it-has-found-funds-for-a-referendum</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>voting</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:46:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe prisons to review death sentences</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe prison officials said Wednesday that they are not in a hurry to engage the services of a newly-appointed hangman to execute the 77 inmates on death row and will review their sentences.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17030782-zimbabwe-prisons-to-review-death-sentences</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17030782-zimbabwe-prisons-to-review-death-sentences</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>death-row</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Media group:  Zimbabwe radio receiver ban illegal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Media freedom campaigners said Friday police in Zimbabwe are breaking the law by seizing and banning small radio receivers that can tune in to stations not linked to the state broadcasting monopoly controlled by President Robert Mugabe's party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17017099-media-group-zimbabwe-radio-receiver-ban-illegal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17017099-media-group-zimbabwe-radio-receiver-ban-illegal</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>clampdown</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU lifts bans on loyalists of Zimbabwe's president</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006505-eu-lifts-bans-on-loyalists-of-zimbabwes-president</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006505-eu-lifts-bans-on-loyalists-of-zimbabwes-president</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:05:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>