Zimbabwe

HARARE Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean police have disrupted a Valentine's Day march aimed at promoting peace and love between foes in the troubled southern African nation.Read Full Story

Harare – President Robert Mugabe will not sign the draft constitution into the new supreme law of the country as long as it disqualifies him from contesting the next elections, a senior Zanu PF …Read Full Story

A cheeky chicken advert poking fun at Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as "the last dictator standing" who misses the company of deceased autocrats was pulled from South African television on Thursday. The advert which upset Mugabe supporters shows a cheerless look-a-like pausing to reminisce about happier times with the likes of Idi Amin and Moamer Kadhafi , after placing the dead Libyan 's name card on an empty banquet table. "We've noted with concern the political reaction emanating out of...Read Full Story

Zimbabwean unions Friday called on civil servants to stage a five-day strike next week to demand a doubling of basic wages, one day after a stayaway was largely ignored. "We met as civil servants representatives and agreed to scale up our strike and engage in a stayaway from Monday to Friday next week," Tendai Chikowore, spokeswoman for the state employees' umbrella union told AFP. The fresh call came after a one-day strike drew a lukewarm response, as most workers in the capital turned up at...Read Full Story

And you thought American politics were tough? From Eric Dondero: With one of the world's last remaining mass murderer dictators in his waning days, Zimbabwe politicos are scrambling for positions of power. The charges are flying. A reformist movement has sprung up headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai: The Movement for Democratic Change. MDC supports greater freedoms, open elections, and even gay rights. One of MDC's top leaders legislator Lillian Kirenyi proposed including a gay rights...Read Full Story

Reports that Temitope Balogun Joshua, a Nigerian prophet using the name TB Joshua, has foretold the death of an African president soon have raised debate in many African countries including Zimbabwe where ageing presidents are still in power. TB Joshua, whose prophecies have often come to pass, reportedly made the shocking prophecy during a [...]Read Full Story

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said Thursday that there will be no turning back on policy of black ownership of Zimbabwe’s businesses. He made the statement at his Zanu PF party’s annual conference. Zimbabwe's leader told thousands of delegates that the country achieved a military victory over minority white rule in 1980, has taken back land from white farmers since 2000, and now will give a majority stake in all businesses to blacks. Mr. Mugabe looked physically fit and sounded mentally...Read Full Story

Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) — Police in Zimbabwe on Friday charged three women found in possession of 33 condoms containing semen with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault in a case that may be a break in a string of sex attacks over the past two years by women targeting male hitchhikers. Prosecutor Michael Reza told a court in Harare that the counts were for each of the 17 men who had positively identified the women as having sexually assaulted them in 2010 or 2011. The women, all of them...Read Full Story

Air Zimbabwe halts flights to S. Africa over debts. Air Zimbabwe halts flights to S. Africa over debts. Zimbabwe’s state-owned Air Zimbabwe has suspended flights to neighbouring South Africa over fears its planes could be seized for outstanding debts, a debt of $500,000, a senior airline official told state media. The troubled airline is reported to owe $500,000 to a local supplier. The airline is struggling to cope with a total debt of $140 million and is reported to be on the verge of...Read Full Story

HARARE ( Reuters ) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was endorsed again by his party to stand for elections expected next year, but analysts say even for a veteran political survivor, the 87-year-old leader will find it harder to convince voters to extend his rule after 32 years in power. Mugabe, they said, would face young voters, many born after independence from Britain in 1980, who may not be overly impressed with his party's tales of its leadership role in the liberation struggle and...Read Full Story