Visiting UN Rights Chief Calls for Activation of Zimbabwe Rights Commission - Voice of America
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 BBC News | Visiting UN Rights Chief Calls for Activation of Zimbabwe Rights Commission Voice of America Pillay, who also met with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and the parliamentary thematic committee on human rights, said her meeting with Mr. Tsvangirai also focused on rights violations that occurred in the run-up to the June 2008 presidential ... UN, Zimbabwe PM decry ongoing violence Tsvangirai in climbdown Zimbabwe: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Jets Into Zimbabwe |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds - Yale Environment 360
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The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds Yale Environment 360 The outside world first learned about Marange in 2008 when police and soldiers loyal to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe violently cleared out thousands of small-scale miners, killing more than 200 people in the process, according to Human Rights ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
Zimbabwe's army puts the 'general' back in general elections - Daily Maverick
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 Daily Maverick | Zimbabwe's army puts the 'general' back in general elections Daily Maverick Otherwise there is no need of reducing the military standards for which Zimbabwe has been known for(sic).” The concern is that this new recruitment drive is merely a prelude to a repeat of 2008's election violence. Specifically an attempt to recreate ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
Mugabe and army to take charge of stalled new Constitution process - The Zimbabwe Mail
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Mugabe and army to take charge of stalled new Constitution process The Zimbabwe Mail HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe expressed frustration in cabinet Tuesday with the slow pace of the new constitution making process and demanded that the incomplete draft be handed over to the principals at the end of the week. |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
MDC-T speaks on 'invasion' of Manicaland by military top brass - The Zimbabwean
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 Nehanda Radio | MDC-T speaks on 'invasion' of Manicaland by military top brass The Zimbabwean 'We are praying that in the next coming election, people should be able to go out in Zimbabwe to vote freely without anybody in the military beating up or intimidating the electorate,' Muchauraya said. He said the country's security services should ... Elections by March 2013: Mutambara |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
Polarisation overshadows endorsement for a draft constitution - The Zimbabwean
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Polarisation overshadows endorsement for a draft constitution The Zimbabwean The drafting of a new constitution is part of the deal that ended Zimbabwe's bloody election violence of 2008. State sponsored violence left over 500, mainly MDC-T supporters dead in three months of political retribution. A power sharing deal struck ... |
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Vote-buying is in full swing in Zim - Times LIVE
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 Times LIVE | Vote-buying is in full swing in Zim Times LIVE Ballot boxes are piled up prior to be recounted at the Murombedzi centre, 100 kms north west of Harare, by Zimbabwe's electoral commission on April 19, 2008. Zimbabwe held a partial recount on April 19, 2008 of votes from last month's general election ... Factionalism crippling Mugabe reelection bid PM puts horse before cart |
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Election talk worries business - The Zimbabwean
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 Deutsche Welle | Election talk worries business The Zimbabwean "When we continue to talk about elections, we scare away investment," said David Govere, President of the Zimbabwe Business Council (ZBC), in Harare. "The last time we had elections, they were a disaster''. A presidential poll runoff in June 2008 was ... MDC-T raises EU sanctions buffer Factbox - Key political risks to watch in Zimbabwe |
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Country's Best Leaders Are Yet to Come Forward - AllAfrica.com
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Country's Best Leaders Are Yet to Come Forward AllAfrica.com It has been a life time with him not winning any election in Zimbabwe. Yet Mnangagwa has a rich history in liberation war efforts. He, along with his nemesis, Joyce Mujuru, has never been out of cabinet since Zimbabwe won its independence in 1980, ... |
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Little Faith in New Constitution While Zanu-PF in Power - AllAfrica.com
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 Nehanda Radio | Little Faith in New Constitution While Zanu-PF in Power AllAfrica.com The COPAC team has said these issues have been referred to parliament, which rights activists have said means exiled Zimbabweans won't be able to vote in a new election. The new constitution is expected to pave the way for an election to bring to an ... New constitution in Zimbabwe takes bold steps toward greater democracy Mugabe poll agenda: MDCs in a dilemma Draft constitution retains powerful presidency |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:47:04 AM
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