Zimbabwe
A community portal about Zimbabwe with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, and formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, is a landlocked country in the southern part of... [more]
A community portal about Zimbabwe with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, and formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, is a landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It borders South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east. The name Zimbabwe derives from "dzimba dzemabwe" meaning "houses of stone" in the Shona language. Its use as the country's name is a tribute to Great Zimbabwe, site of the capital of the Munhumutapa Empire.
Who will save the innocent people of Zimbabwe from this brutality? Ever since the elections of March 29 in which Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF lost to the opposition MDC, the people of Zimbabwe have seen an increase in violence, torture and killings of perceived opposition supporters. Where is SADC? Where is AU? Where is the United Nations? Where is the international community? As for our neighbour South Africa, God knows how many Zimbabweans wish their president Thabo Mbeki should just keep quite...
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It had to be Dynamos once again flying the Zimbabwe flag high in Africa. Dynamos have proved once again to be the best football club in Zimbabwe by having more success where no other Zimbabwean club has. The Zimbabwe champions beat the current African Champions, Etoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia 1-0 to qualify for the mini league phase of the African Champions league. Dynamos delivered the knock out blow of the weekend when they send the current African champions out of the competition...
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By Lee Shungu,
on May 13 2008 19:57
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The ruling ZANU PF party has indicated the recently held presidential and parliamentary elections were not free and fair, resulting in the party and its president, Robert Mugabe losing many votes. ZImbabwe Riot Police Guarding The Ballots The party says the playing field was not level thereby resulting in the main opposition party- the Movement for Democratic...
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By Whatmore Kufa,
on May 10 2008 07:08
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THE ZANU PF messiahs of violence descended in the mining town of Shamva, 90km north east of the capital Harare, where they unleashed an orgy of violence and forced more than 50 people to flee their homes. Zimbabwe Violence Intensifies Prior Run-off Elections A senior member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, identified as Major Mutambudzi, led the attacks on the...
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Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party announced Wednesday that it will launch its campaign for the presidential election run-off as soon as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) sets the date for the poll. more... | PDA
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HARARE - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has called for joint investigations with the opposition into post-election violence that has raised tension ahead of a run-off presidential poll, a ...
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday rejected a delay in a run-off election which could unseat President Robert Mugabe, and called for an urgent meeting of countries in the region to avoid "rivers of ...
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday rejected a delay in a run-off election which could unseat President Robert Mugabe, and called for an urgent meeting of countries in the region to avoid "rivers of ...
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday rejected a delay in a run-off election which could unseat President Robert Mugabe, ...
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Zimbabwe s government has extended the deadline by which the presidential run-off vote must be held to 31 July. The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the decision was illegal and unfair. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the first...
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Mr Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the first round on March 29th - but with not enough votes to avoid a run-off. Zimbabwe's electoral commission ...
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The second round of presidential elections in Zimbabwe, originally scheduled for 23 May, has been postponed for three months. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the first round of elections at the end of March. But, according to the electoral commission, the margin of votes between his MDC...
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Zimbabwe's opposition urged southern African leaders Thursday to pressure President Robert Mugabe to hold a run-off poll next week after authorities in ...
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By Njoroge Wachai Put aside for a moment today’s situation in Zimbabwe, where political turmoil reigns after President Mugabe’s attempts to rob the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, of his legitimate election ...
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