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Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.
Zimbabwe's foreign minister on Friday sharply criticized as "a provocation of the highest order" an attempt by the U.N. torture investigator to visit Zimbabwe and investigate alleged attacks by thugs linked to the ruling party on its opponents.
Zimbabwe's prime minister will be on the road this week asking other leaders in the region to "rescue" the unity government from which he temporarily withdrew, his spokesman said Monday.
A lawyer says 10 Zimbabwean lawmakers from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party have been arrested and charged with disturbing the peace as they headed into the Finance Ministry for a meeting.
Zimbabwean generals known as hard-line supporters of President Robert Mugabe saluted former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Tuesday, a gesture welcomed as a public boost for the country's struggling coalition government.
Militants from President Robert Mugabe's party disrupted a national conference aimed at drawing up a new constitution on Monday in a setback for Zimbabwe's unity government.
Zimbabwe's troubled coalition government is in no danger of collapsing despite accusations that President Robert Mugabe's party is blocking reform, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called his tour of Europe and the United States a success Thursday, though he won few commitments of aid amid new U.N. warnings of food shortages in his country.
Zimbabwe's information ministry says it is investigating whether a newsletter published by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office is legal.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday defended his decision to enter a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, a day after being heckled offstage by protesters in London.
President Robert Mugabe's party has rejected allegations from Amnesty International about continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, state media reported Friday.
President Barack Obama sought to bolster Zimbabwe's prime minister Friday while withholding support for his coalition government.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai launched a three-week trip to the West on Sunday saying he is seeking re-engagement, not touring with a "begging bowl" asking for aid.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai begins his first official trip to Europe and the U.S. this weekend, an aide said Friday.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday that his efforts to restore democratic freedoms and the rule of law to Zimbabwe have so far failed.
President Robert Mugabe has vowed to keep the central bank governor in his post despite demands by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that he be removed.
In an impassioned appeal Friday, Zimbabwe's long-suffering Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for people to get over their obsession with his longtime enemy, President Robert Mugabe.
Morgan Tsvangirai's 4-year-old grandson has drowned less than a month after the Zimbabwe prime minister's wife was killed in a road crash, his spokesman said Sunday.
President Robert Mugabe and longtime political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai sat side by side Saturday at a state funeral that was seen as a symbolic step for their parties' month-old coalition.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was buried Wednesday near his father in his family's cemetery in rural southern Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash near the capital Friday that sent their car rolling over three times, officials said.
Recent events in Zimbabwe, where longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in Wednesday as prime minister.
Police announced terrorism- and weapons-related charges Tuesday against a prominent official in the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has called the case an attempt to derail Zimbabwe's unity government.
A glance at Zimbabwe's unity government, which will be launched Wednesday with the swearing in of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister. Robert Mugabe, in power since independence from Britain in 1980, remains president.
As the media turns the other way, Zimbabwe goes from strength to strengthIn journalism, there is a sad, but inevitable adage that bad news is good news. Though many of us profess a penchant for positive, uplifting current events, audience statistics paint a very different picture.
Heckuva Job, Barack. By ROSS DOUTHAT. October 11, 2009Here was an opportunity to cut himself free, in a stroke, from the baggage that's weighed his presidency down — the implausible expectations, the utopian dreams, the messianic hoo-ha.
From the outset, I concede that I was a surprised as anyone else including YOU and President Obama.
In a Surprise, Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ... Just 9 months into his TermPresident Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear prolifer …
Zimbabwe PM defends working with MugabeZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday defended his decision to enter a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, a day after protesters heckled him in London.
Mugabe Aides Said to Use Violence to Get Amnesty - NYTimes.comHARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe's top lieutenants are trying to force the political opposition into granting them amnesty for their past crimes by abducting, detaining and torturing opposition officials and activists, according to senior members of Mr.
Zimbabwe 'to arrest land thieves'Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said that anyone invading farms will be arrested - in an apparent challenge to Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe calls crash 'hand of God' President Robert Mugabe has told hundreds of mourners at a mourning service for Susan Tsvangirai the crash that killed her was the "hand of God". The veteran leader also said political violence should be a thing of the past.
Tsvangirai injured and wife dies in car crashMorgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister, survived a car crash yesterday that killed his wife, Susan, near Harare.
Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai was last night broadcast on television in a hospital bed with a neck brace on. His official car was involved in a collision near his rural home in Buhera with a truck, his wife Susan, 50, died at the crash scene.
Zimbabwe Opposition to Join Government - NYTimes.comJOHANNESBURG — After months of resisting intense pressure from leaders across southern Africa, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, announced Friday that he would do as they have insisted and join a power-sharing government as prime minister with his longtime neme …
Zimbabwe power-sharing talks remain stalledZimbabwe's president and opposition factions wrangled over power-sharing Monday, but made no progress despite the presence of southern African leaders who pressed for a resolution to the months-long stalemate.
Mugabe opponents: We confessed after tortureOpposition members accused of being involved in a bomb plot in Zimbabwe told a court Thursday that they were tortured into making false confessions.
U.S. says Zimbabwe unity deal won't workZimbabwe's stalled power-sharing deal will not work as long as Robert Mugabe is president, a U.S. envoy said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe police skirmish with soldiersPolice wielding guns and riot sticks skirmished with unarmed soldiers in Zimbabwe's capital Monday, after frustration over unpaid wages touched off a riot.
Zimbabwe urged to form unity governmentAfrican leaders say Zimbabwe's rival political factions should share control of the Police Ministry in an effort to form a unity government, then devote their time to solving the nation's economic crisis.
Tsvangirai tells diplomats Mugabe is negotiating in bad faithMDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday told African diplomats that Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF are negotiating in bad faith over the allocation of cabinet ministries.
Zimbabwe PM-Designate Tsvangirai to Attend Monday NegotiationsZimbabwe's prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai says he will attend a meeting of regional leaders in Harare Monday after he boycotted the last session a week ago because he had no passport to travel to Swaziland. Peta Thornycroft reports that Mr.
ZIMBABWE: Tsvangirai 'being unreasonable'[Excerpt:] - Zimbabwe state media on Tuesday condemned opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for boycotting a regional summit aimed at rescuing a power-sharing deal, accusing him of bad faith in the negotiations.
Zimbabwe power-sharing talks failZimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he has failed to agree on a new cabinet at power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe.
ZIMBABWE: Tsvangirai accused of negotiating in bad faith[Excerpt:] - Members of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party accused the opposition MDC today of "bad faith" in talks over a power-sharing government for Zimbabwe, and secretly aiming to bring about UN mediation.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe calls for sanctions removalZimbabwe's president lashed out at Western powers in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, accusing them of genocide and calling for the removal of U.S. and British sanctions.
BBC NEWS | Deal a humiliation, says MugabeZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has told his party's leaders that Monday's power-sharing deal is a "humiliation". But he said the party had no alternative after losing the March parliamentary elections.
Zimbabwe Rivals Sign Power-Sharing Agreement HARARE, Zimbabwe — After more than 28 years of unbroken power, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe signed an agreement with the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday to divide the responsibilities for running the troubled country.
Zimbabwe on edge ahead of dealDetails have started to emerge of a power sharing deal in Zimbabwe. Leaks suggest President Robert Mugabe will still remain head of state and head of government with curtailed powers, but he escapes being consigned to the role of ceremonial president.
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