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26/07/2011 - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's diamonds used to fund wage hikes

In Zimbabwe, it has emerged that earnings from the sale of the country's controversial diamonds are being used to fund a wage hike for tens of thousands of struggling civil servants.

26/07/2011 - Zimbabwe

Elections in Zimbabwe will be boycotted, says Prime Minister

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says his Movement for Democratic Change party will boycott polls if President Robert Mugabe holds them this year.

25/06/2011 - Zimbabwe - report

Zimbabwe police arrest MDC cabinet minister

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a cabinet minister from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), reportedly accusing him of calling President Robert Mugabe a ...

28/05/2011 - Zimbabwe - report

Zimbabwe army backs Mugabe election call

A top Zimbabwean army commander has backed President Robert Mugabe’s call for elections this year – and that former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is not the right candidate to ...

28/04/2011 - Zimbabwe - report

Zimbabwe in peril if government collapses, analysts

There will be “grave consequences” if Zimbabwe ’s fragile power-sharing government collapses, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned.

19/04/2011 - Zimbabwe - report

Mugabe's nationalisation plans plunder, says Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe’s plans to nationalise foreign firms amount to looting and plunder, as the country marked 31 years of independence ...

30/03/2011 - Zimbabwe

Zanu-PF MPs vote for Tsvangirai-backed candidate for speaker

In Zimbabwe , at least four MPs from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party have voted for a candidate from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in ...

25/03/2011 - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe MDC energy minister arrested, again

Police in Zimbabwe arrested the Energy Minister for the second time this month.

18/03/2011 - Zimbabwe - From our correspondent

Tsvangirai furious as MDC rally banned

Zimbabwean police have banned a peace rally scheduled in the capital Harare on Saturday which was to be addressed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

10/03/2011 - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe PM calls for end of unity government after Minister's arrest

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called Thursday for an end to the country’s unity government. Speaking at a news conference after the arrest of the Minister for Energy and Power Development, he called for a political “divorce” from President Robert Mugabe.

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