Robert Mugabe

Stephen Brown, Chandra Lekha Sriram and Marie-Joëlle Zahar: Talking in Zimbabwe is no cure

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

The power-sharing talks between the Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have been presented as the best hope of bringing peace to the embattled country. Negotiators from Zanu-PF are...                    

PM to Fiji: Look at Mugabe

apn.co.nz     yesterday   99 related          

Helen Clark has cautioned Frank Bainimarama to heed the lesson of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as the Pacific Islands Forum meets to decide his fate. The leaders at the forum in Niue will consider today whether to support a report...                    

Warming wreaks havoc, islanders say

msn.com     yesterday   7 related          

Assistance sought for those already hit by Pacific storms, rising sea level ALOFI, Niue - Climate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising...                    

What will China do now?

asianage.com     yesterday          

Sir, With reference to Nicholas D. Kristof’s article Will China respond to Tibet’s peace deal? (August 15), the Chinese leadership and the Tibetan government in exile have discussed a possible visit by the Dalai Lama to China....                    

Day of the Crocodile

africaunchained.blogspot.com     yesterday          

Peter Godwin writes about the 'The Crocodile' Robert Mugabe, and his battered country: The tragic irony of Zimbabwe is that what is today a hellish country should by all evidence be a paradise. Its high, malaria-free interior...                    

10. Roger Cohen: News good enough to bury

iht.com     yesterday          

Roger Cohen: News good enough to bury : I got an e-mail the other day from a friend at the New America Foundation, a Washington public policy institute, inviting me to participate in a panel on "whether the media can handle...                    

Obituary: Levy Mwanawasa

guardian.co.uk     yesterday   180 related          

Levy Mwanawasa, president of Zambia since 2002, came to international prominence only recently with his forthright criticisms of the conduct of this year's Zimbabwean elections. He said openly that he sympathised with the...                    

Merafhe Backs Govt Control of Media

allafrica.com     yesterday   2 related          

Posted to the web 20 August 2008 Bame Piet The Vice President and Mahalapye West MP, Mompati Merafhe has said he totally supports government control of the media. Merafhe cited a Radio Botswana report yesterday morning which...                    

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Cape Trio Off to Play in Country

allafrica.com     yesterday   2 related          

The Cape Town-based Botswana trio of Dipsy Selolwane (Ajax Cape Town), Jerome Ramatlhakwana and Mogogi Gabonamong (both Santos), left today to join the Botswana national team at the Johannesburg airport, from where the Zebras...                    

Zimbabwe inflation rockets to 11.2 million per cent

telegraph.co.uk     19-Aug-2008   40 related          

Zimbabwe's official inflation rate has soared to more than 11.2 million per cent. By Sebastien Berger and Peta Thornycroft in Harare The Central Statistical Office in Harare said that inflation in the year to June stood at...