Zimbabwe

MUGABE MAKES IT RAIN ON ZIMBABWE OLYMPIANS: Leader gives $148,000 to athletes; the biggest chunk...

eurweb.com     04-Sep-2008          

*Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe gave out $148,000 to the nation's Olympic athletes, with $100,000 alone having gone to world record-holding swimmer Kirsty Coventry. The government-controlled Herald newspaper reported...                    

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voanews.com: Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat shake hands after their meeting at a U.N. compound at the UN the buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, 03 Sept. 2008 voanews.com

Zimbabwe's Unresolved Crisis Looms Over Mwanawasa Funeral

voanews.com     03-Sep-2008   51 related          

Morley report - Listen (MP3) Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have met in Nicosia to lay the foundation for resuming reunification talks to try and end the 34-year division of the Mediterranean island. This new peace...                    

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"Free And Fair Elections, De L' Afrique"

allafrica.com     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 3 September 2008 BDr. Kofi Dankyi Beeko, MD If Africa should be your topic, representing most of the Third World, then you should say, the period, following World War II, should be first interesting,...                    

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Orascom Telecom Rekindles Interest in Sub-Saharan Africa

telecomdirectnews.com     04-Sep-2008   2 related          

Five years after selling off its empire of mobile operators in sub-Saharan Africa, the chairman of Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom, Naguib Sawiris, said this week that "we believe that within the next twelve months we...                    

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earthtimes.org: Harare - Zimbabwe's crisis negotiations drifted closer to collapse Thursday as President Robert Mugabe threatened to go ahead and appoint a cabinet if the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the party in contention with him, fail to sign a draft ag... earthtimes.org

Tsvangirai says new talks unlikely soon

reuters.com     03-Sep-2008   48 related          

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said power-sharing talks are deadlocked and are unlikely to resume soon, South Africa's Talk Radio 702 reported on Wednesday. It quoted Tsvangirai as...                    

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bbc.co.uk: Zambia's late President, Levy Mwanawasa. Photo: April 2008 bbc.co.uk

Levy Mwanawasa buried in Zambia

bbc.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   44 related          

Levy Mwanawasa had been in poor health for several years The late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is being buried at a sombre ceremony in the capital, Lusaka. There was a guard of honour and several choirs at a church...                    

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Zimbabwe Government Lifts Ban On Aid Groups

emaxhealth.com     03-Sep-2008   2 related          

Zimbabwe on Friday lifted an almost three-month ban on the work of aid groups in the country, which the government had imposed because it said some of the groups had supported the opposition to President Robert Mugabe,...                    

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Schools Open Without a Minister of Education, or Teachers

allafrica.com     03-Sep-2008   7 related          

Posted to the web 3 September 2008 Violet Gonda Children were due to go back to school on Tuesday however teachers have embarked on a nationwide strike. The main contention is salaries and working conditions. Takavafira...                    

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Zimbabwe: Ziff Set to Screen Over 100 Films

allafrica.com     03-Sep-2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 3 September 2008 Harare THE countdown to the 11th edition of Zimbabwe International Film Festival Trust, a film extravaganza began yesterday with more than 100 films set to hit the big screens in and...                    

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Zimbabwe: Zimsec Shelves Printing Press Plans

allafrica.com     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 3 September 2008 Harare THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has shelved developing a stand for a printing press because it cannot raise enough money. The examination body secured a stand in Norton...                    

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