Zimbabwean soldiers and police used “unjustified and disproportionate” force to kill 6 people during election protests in August, according to an official report released Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabweans protest ‘cocktail of lies’ amid economic decline
Thousands of exasperated Zimbabweans gathered Thursday in a nationwide protest over the country’s economic collapse and what the opposition calls the new government’s “cocktail of lies.” Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s Mugabe no longer able to walk, president says
Zimbabwe’s 94-year-old former president Robert Mugabe is no longer able to walk as his health declines, his successor said Saturday. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwean generals deny troops shot and killed 6 protesters
Zimbabweans have reacted with stunned disbelief to the testimony by two generals who denied troops killed six people in August when the military was called in to crush protests following the country’s disputed elections. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe opposition leader plans ‘inauguration’
Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa plans his own “inauguration” on Saturday after losing disputed elections, the latest in a series of African politicians to hold a ceremony of defiance while claiming the presidency. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s leader names inquiry into post-election killings
Zimbabwe’s president on Wednesday set up a commission of inquiry into the killing of six people following military intervention in the capital two days after the election. Continue reading →
{FD} A subdued Zimbabwe set for Mnangagwa’s inauguration, again
Zimbabwe on Sunday prepared to inaugurate a president for the second time in nine months as a country recently jubilant over the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe is now largely subdued by renewed harassment of the opposition and a bitterly dispute… Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe opposition rejects ruling and ‘false’ inauguration
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader said Saturday he respectfully rejects the court ruling upholding President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s narrow election win and he called the inauguration set for Sunday “false.” Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe court to rule on opposition’s election challenge
Zimbabwe’s constitutional court was set to rule Friday afternoon on the main opposition’s challenge to the results of last month’s historic presidential election. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe court to hear opposition party’s election challenge
There is tight security in Zimbabwe’s capital Wednesday as the Constitutional Court is set to hear the main opposition party’s challenge to the results of last month’s historic presidential election. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe president urges court to toss opposition challenge
Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country’s Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his election. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa urges nation to move beyond elections
Zimbabwe’s president has called on the troubled country to unite and “put the election period behind us and embrace the future” in his first public address since winning disputed elections. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s opposition challenges election results in court
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Friday was filing a legal challenge to the results of the country’s first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe authorities arrest opposition leader Tendai Biti
Zimbabwean senior opposition official Tendai Biti has been arrested while trying to cross into Zambia, a lawyer said Wednesday, as concerns rose over a government crackdown after last week’s disputed presidential election. Continue reading →
{FD} As Zimbabwe’s leader preaches a new era, military a concern
As Zimbabwe’s president preaches democratic reform in a country emerging from decades of repression, the scenes of soldiers dispersing opposition protesters after a disputed election have cast a shadow on promises of a new era. Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s Mugabe emerges, rejects Mnangagwa in election
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe on Sunday emerged to address the nation for the first time since stepping down in November and just hours before Monday’s historic election, declaring that “I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power.” Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe holds final rallies before historic election
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main challenger Nelson Chamisa are set to hold final campaign rallies ahead of Monday’s election in a country seeking to move past decades of economic and political paralysis. Continue reading →
{FD} AP Interview: Zimbabwe opposition chief warns of flawed vote
Zimbabwe’s historic election on Monday is likely to be flawed and the opposition will launch peaceful protests if President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins in a disputed vote, the country’s main opposition leader said Friday in an interview with The Associated… Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s few female candidates face scathing abuse
“Are you married?” Continue reading →
{FD} Zimbabwe’s top opposition won’t boycott vote despite worries
Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party won’t boycott Monday’s historic election despite a biased electoral commission that is acting in the interests of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the party’s leader said Wednesday. Continue reading →
