August 3, 2013
The Guardian reports that 89 year old Robert Gabriel Mugabe has won the Zimbabwe election. The Zanu-PF party leader has been elected for further five-year term but the vote is rejected by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as fraudulent. The European Union said it was concerned about alleged irregularities and a lack of transparency in the election, its strongest criticism so far. The EU’s verdict on the fairness of the elections will be crucial to deciding whether it continues to ease sanctions on […]
March 7, 2009
Via BBC News The wife of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been killed in a car crash in which he was also slightly hurt, party officials say. Susan Tsvangirai was travelling with her husband south of Harare when their vehicle was in collision with a lorry. Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, formed a unity government with President Robert Mugabe last month. Mr Mugabe and his wife have visited his former long-term rival in hospital. Speaking […]
February 11, 2009
PM Morgan Tsvangirai Via BBC News Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been sworn in as prime minister in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe. Mr Tsvangirai won the first round of last year’s presidential election – but he withdrew from the run-off citing violence against his supporters. However he later agreed to share power with Mr Mugabe. Problems facing the new government include a cholera epidemic, a collapsed economy and a 90% unemployment rate. Continue Reading….. I am sceptical and […]
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