On Monday the 21st of July, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara signed an agreement to pave the way towards power sharing talks between their respective political parties. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by all three leaders in the presence of SADC facilitator Thabo Mbeki. The memorandum is a written agreement that Zanu PF and the two MDC factions will commit themselves into dialogue with the view of creating a sustainable solution to the Zimbabwe situation. The... Read Full Story
This video taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard, Shepherd Yuda (for the Guardian) shows how the government made sure that votes were cast in their favour.
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This week, African leaders meet in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt for an African Union (AU) summit. President Robert Mugabe made his way to Sharm el-Sheikh after his inauguration and it was clear that he did not want to hear any advice from other countries. He went there thinking that no-one would speak up about all that has taken place in Zimbabwe. This was not the case as some of the leaders at the summit took the opportunity to express their concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe. The AU... Read Full Story
Cartoon by Tom Scott of The Dominion Post featured in the June 19th edition. (Click on image to enlarge.) With the increasing unrest in Zimbabwe, a number of people around the world have a lot to say about the situation. All the major news networks are continually running reports on the post election violence, the June 27th run-offs that Tsvangirai has reportedly pulled out of, all that Mugabe has to say about MDC and God being the only who will remove him from office, reports by reporters... Read Full Story
The presidential run-off elections scheduled for 27th of June are just around the corner. For Zimbabweans who are interested, you can do an online search for your voter registration details via the following link: zimvoter.com
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Even though the BBC is banned from reporting from Zimbabwe yet another one of their correspondents has managed to enter the country and report on events taking place in Zimbabwe. Ian Pannell has reportedly spent the last month in Zimbabwe following the election campaign. Below is Ian Pannell’s report from Manicaland.
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One of the basic animal instincts needed in order to stay alive is fighting for survival. I was watching a video on YouTube and thinking about it in terms of the current situation in Zimbabwe. For years people have been trying to bring Mugabe’s rule to an end but to no avail. In two weeks time Tsvangirai will go against Mugabe in a second round of voting but since the first round of voting in March things have not gone smoothly for MDC and its supporters. The video (below) is about a pride... Read Full Story
Below is a very interesting article about a military movement that has apparently been set up to depose Mugabe. If this is infact true it just goes to show that Zimbabweans have had enough and are ready to do whatever it takes to remove Mugabe from office. 05 June 2008 FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is with deep regret and trepidation that we announce the formation of the Zimbabwe Resistance Movement, a military organisation comprising of serving and former members of the Zimbabwe armed forces and... Read Full Story
Zimbabwe is in a bad state at the moment and most of the blame has been pointed towards Mugabe and his governance and he himself has pointed a lot of blame towards the West and their supporters. A number of people will also know he is very much against imperialism and at the moment he is fighting to stop those engaged in reversing the gains of Zimbabwe's liberation. Wars have taken place throughout the history of mankind and majority of them have taken place to gain freedom from a foreign... Read Full Story
