Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe Christian leader criticizes lack of action by the churches

The leader of Zimbabwe's largest functioning alliance of Christians says the country's main grouping of traditional Protestant churches and many wider church organizations have been too quiet on what is happening in his country.

Blatter becoming a joke, blasts Fergie

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is in danger of losing credibility as the most powerful man in soccer, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday. "I think Sepp Blatter is in danger ... or has reached a point now where...

Tutu: Goodwill trumps injustice

Recipient of U-M award for humanitarian efforts in Africa urges outlook of hope in face of oppression Tanveer Ali / The Detroit News ANN ARBOR -- With parts of the world engulfed in poverty and strife, human rights crusader...

A beefy affair

All I was trying to do was get some food and leave. But last Friday night inside a crowded St Andrew patty shop, it seemed fate had other plans for me. It all started when I was standing in line. The air conditioning seemed to...

The Barack Obama Lack-Of-Variety Show

For what it's worth, I don't think the night worked for him. The last time anyone did this — Ross Perot — it was so weird a world unto itself (strange-looking guy with pie charts) that, beached between Cybill and Murphy Brown...

ZIMBABWE: POLITICS: Women Demand Movement on Talks

HARARE, 29/10/08 (IPS) - Forty-seven women were arrested 11 injured in Harare on Tuesday when more than 300 women gathered outside the Rainbow Towers Hotel to protest the prolonged impasse in negotiations over power sharing.

Arthur Mutambara

In a HARDtalk programme first broadcast on 27 October, Stephen Sackur talks to senior MDC member and Zimbabwe's deputy Prime Minister designate Arthur Mutambara. It has been six weeks since Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe,...

Tsvangirai frustrated over stalled talks

Tsvangirai hopes SADC summit will break the deadlock and ensure a fair deal Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, Tsvangirai's MDC negotiating over cabinet posts Both sides have argued over who should control which ministries Latest...

Mbeki slammed for not confronting Mugabe

People who read this also read ... HARARE, Zimbabwe, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The latest attempt by former South African President Thabo Mbeki to broker a Zimbabwe deal has failed because he won't confront Robert Mugabe, sources say....

Tsvangirai voices frustration over stalled talks

Tsvangirai hopes SADC summit will break the deadlock and ensure a fair deal Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, Tsvangirai's MDC negotiating over cabinet posts Both sides have argued over who should control which ministries Latest...