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ZIMBABWE: Draft Constitution Will NOT Protect Gay and Lesbian Rights

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As expected, Zimbabwe's interim draft constitution that will face public referendum " does not contain language protecting gay and lesbian rights." This is despite calls by opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to include such protections in the new charter. But there could be statutes banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, reports the Voice of America . Committee Co-Chairman Douglas Mwonzora - who is also spokesman for Mr. Tsvangirai's MDC formation - said...Read Full Story

Zimbabwe MP Arrested After Saying Mugabe is "Homosexual"

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An opposition member in Zimbabwe's parliament has been arrested after saying their notoriously anti-gay despot Robert Mugabe has "practiced homosexuality", report Kenya's Daily Nation . Mrs Lillian Kirenyi, a legislator from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was on Tuesday charged with undermining the authority of President Mugabe. The court was told that the MP committed the alleged offence during an address to party supporters on December 9...Read Full Story

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Calls Cameron "Satanic" for Supporting Gay Rights

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Zimbabwe's notoriously anti-gay despot Robert Mugabe has slammed British Prime Minister David Cameron's suggestion that aid should be decreased to countries that failed to respect gay rights. Cameron made the announcement at the recent 54-nation Commonwealth meeting in Australia. Mugabe described Cameron's suggestion as "satanic" and threatened that gays would be "punished severely", reports AFP and The Telegraph . Mugabe, 87, said the concept was "stupid" and that homosexuality was...Read Full Story

ZIMBABWE: PM Morgan Tsvangirai Continues Calling for Gay Rights

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PHOTO: Reuters More promising developments to report from Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he will continue to call out for gay rights despite an onslaught of criticism after his remarks last week, reports New Zimbabwe . Despite his party’s best attempts to explain away his remarks as his personal views and kill the debate, Tsvangirai thrust the matter back into the top of the news agenda at a rally in Pashu, Binga, on Friday. "I am not gay," Tsvangirai said. "I’m not...Read Full Story

ZIMBABWE: PM Tsvangirai Slammed Over Support for Gay Rights

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Critics have slammed Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's remarks made earlier this week in support for gay rights, reports BBC . Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has rejected calls by Mr Tsvangirai to enshrine gay rights in a new constitution. Mr Chinamasa told the BBC that gay rights could not be "smuggled" into the constitution because most Zimbabweans opposed it. Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Chinamasa are from rival parties in a fractious coalition. Their parties - the...Read Full Story

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Zimbabwe Prime Minister Tsvangirai Criticized for 'God Chosen' Remark

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been catching flak after telling a religious audience on the weekend that he and President Robert Mugabe were chosen by God to lead the country and that people should pray for them. Mr. Tsvangirai told a ...

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Zimbabwe: Two Opposition Members Murdered in One Week

[SW Radio] Two members of the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai have been murdered in less than a week, amid fears that serious violence along political lines is once again on the rise.

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Zimbabwe: Principals Meet As Row Over Chihuri Intensifies

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe were on Monday due ... Then Mugabe's spokesperson George Charamba added fuel to the fire by publicizing a different spin on the agreement. Charamba said Mugabe had actually unilaterally re-appointed ...

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Zimbabwe: Civil Servants' Unions to Meet PM

[The Herald] CIVIL servants' unions are expected to meet Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today seeking a roadmap on how and when their salaries and conditions of service are going to be addressed. The union leaders wrote to PM Tsvangirai last week requesting for a meeting with him failure of which they would ask President Mugabe to intervene. Apex Council chairperson and Zimta president, Mrs Tendai Chikowore...

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Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Squabbles Over Police Chief

[Zimbabwe Standard] The controversial re-appointment of Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri for another term of office is set to take centre stage at the principals' meeting tomorrow as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai insists President Robert Mugabe cannot act unilaterally.

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Zimbabwe: Govt Tinkering With Problems

[Zimbabwe Independent] PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday delivered a speech in Harare at a special Council of Ministers to adopt the 2012 Government Work Programme (GWP), saying key priorities for the current administration remain the need to promote economic growth and ensure food security.

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Tension Rises In Harare Over Appointment of Police Chief

Pointing to rising discord in the Zimbabwe unity government, the chief spokesman for President Robert Mugabe has contradicted a statement made by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai earlier this week saying that he and Mr. Mugabe had reached agreement on the ...

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