Monthly Archives: June 2008
Tsvangirai calls for international intervention in Zimbabwe
Australian Broadcasting Corporation By Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan 23 June 2008 Zimbabwe’s Presidential run-off poll is in tatters after the chief challenger to dictator Robert Mugabe pulled out of the race in a move to protect the people of Zimbabwe from escalating violence. Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangarai has called for international intervention in Zimbabwe after […]
Mugabe’s rival pulls out of Zimbabwe vote
McClatchy Newspapers By Shashank Bengali Sunday, June 22, 2008 NAIROBI, Kenya — Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew Sunday from this week’s run-off presidential election in the beleaguered southern African nation, saying he could no longer participate in a race that’s been marred by the widespread intimidation, torture, mutilation and murder of his supporters. The […]
Assassins in Zimbabwe Aim at the Grass Roots
New York Times By BARRY BEARAK and CELIA W. DUGGER June 22, 2008 JOHANNESBURG — Tonderai Ndira was a shrewd choice for assassination: young, courageous and admired. Kill him and fear would pulse through a thousand spines. He was an up-and-comer in Zimbabwe’s opposition party, a charismatic figure with a strong following in the Harare […]
The German Company with Zimbabwean Blood On Its Hands
Iaindale.blogspot.com By Iain Dale 22 June 2008 A company with direct links to such household names as The Post Office and the Royal Bank of Scotland is propping up Robert Mugabe’s despotic rule in Zimbabwe by printing its bank notes. In the past month, these increasingly worthless notes have been used to bribe officials in […]
Let’s finish it! Tsvangirai in call to bring down Mugabe
Independent, UK By Basildon Peta in Johannesburg and Daniel Howden Saturday, 21 June 2008 Zimbabwe’s main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will decide tomorrow whether to boycott what is seen as the country’s most important election since independence. The run-off next week between the MDC’s Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe has been […]
Zimbabwe: Grace, Those in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) Muckraker Column 20 June 2008 WHATEVER the objections of the British or Americans to a flawed election, President Mugabe could always count on the loyalty of African states who were, it often seemed, prepared to look the other way. Last weekend’s declaration by some 40 African leaders has put an end to […]
Harare cuts back on election observers
Financial Times By Tony Hawkins in Harare and Tom Burgis in Johannesburg Published: June 19 2008 20:27 Robert Mugabe’s government on Thursday slashed the number of accredited Zimbabwean election observers, further heightening fears that the result of next week’s run-off presidential poll will be manipulated. During the first round in March, the 8,800 independent monitors […]
Zimbabwean police poised to charge Biti with treason
The Star (SA), 18th June 2008 Lawyers say his continued detention is an enormous challenge to SADC A Harare High Court judge has refused to free top opposition politician and mediator Tendai Biti even though police failed to charge him with any crime six days after he returned home and was immediately arrested. Biti, secretary-general […]
Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown, calls for election observers
Europe News June 9, 2008 Stockholm – Members of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said Monday they feared further violence by President Robert Mugabe’s government ahead of the presidential run- off. ‘It is quite clear to us that Robert Mugabe is prepared to do literally anything to secure victory,’ David Coltart, an MDC […]
Murdered by Mugabe’s mob
The Independent By Daniel Howden and Raymond Whitaker Monday, 2 June 2008 Tonderai Ndira will not be campaigning when Zimbabwe votes again. He will not rally his neighbourhood, as he did two months ago, for one last push against an unwanted regime. Instead, he is buried in an unmarked grave in the Warren Hills cemetery […]