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The European Union (EU) should maintain its travel ban and asset freezes on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe until the country follows through on promised political reforms, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The EU is conducting its annual...
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Zimbabwean ministers and seven MPs face arrest after they failed to account for money given to them under a fund meant to develop their constituencies. Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga announced the names of the MPs and...
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaks during a visit to Mimosa Platinum mine about 400km (249 miles) south of the capital Harare, February 16, 2012. View Photo »
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It becomes worse and Satanic when you get a prime minister like Cameron saying countries that want British aid should accept homosexuality
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After contracting for years, Zimbabwe's economy has begun growing again since the formation of a power-sharing government in 2009 by Tsvangirai and veteran President Robert Mugabe. The government is struggling to increase salaries for its workers, who...
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The idea is that members of the Kimberley Process cannot trade with non-members. Milovanovic's chairmanship comes at a challenging time for the scheme, following the fallout from its decision last year to allow Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe to sell diamonds...
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Defence Force (BDF) commander, Lt-Gen Tebogo Masire has been slammed for making what are perceived to be political statements during his recent visit to Zimbabwe. During the visit, the general reportedly heaped praise on President Robert Mugabe, called...
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Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is seen at his residence in Harare, Wednesday, Feb, 8, 2012. Tsvangirai who got hurt in a golf accident addressed a press conference after meeting with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe over the issue of the... View Photo »
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South Africa as the dominant power in Africa has the political and economic muscle to get Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU PF) to respect the wishes of the Zimbabwean people which were demonstrated through the overwhelming support of the MDC in the 2008 elections
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Robert Mugabe will not sign the draft constitution into the new supreme law of the country as long as it disqualifies him from contesting the next elections, a senior Zanu PF official has declared. Mugabe, who turns 88 next week, has already been...
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Civic activists say moves to ban 29 humanitarian organizations in southern Zimbabwe are a breach of the nation's laws and affected groups need to ignore banning orders by the president's party. In a new crackdown of non-governmental organizations, a...
About Robert Mugabe
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born 21 February 1924) is the President of Zimbabwe. He has held power as the head of government since 1980, as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987, and as the first executive head of state since 1987. Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as a Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) leader in guerilla warfare against... Full Article
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