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Tony Blair pledges to support Zimbabwe's economic recovery?
FORMER British Prime Minister Tony Blair has made a major climbdown and pledged to support Zimbabwe's economic recovery by joining the anti-sanctions lobby to remove the punitive measures which he imp...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Pentagon blocking prosecution of Russia by ICC as this could lead to prosecution of American soldiers
The Pentagon has been accused of blocking the sharing of US intelligence with the international criminal court (ICC) about Russian war crimes in Ukraine.The Biden White House and state departm...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:31hrs | 8 | by Erick Matotoba
The economic impact of Zidera
No doubt there are many opinions and interpretations out there with regard to the issue of sanctions and I thought it's important to try and unpack the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zi...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Vince Musewe
Precedent that undermines credibility of Human Rights Council
On April 7, the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia's membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Cou...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Alfred de Zayas
Zidera and sanctions simplified
THE United States Congress passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) in 2001. The Act has been subsequently revised, with the most recent amendment being in 2019. It is a very s...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 07:39hrs | 142 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa's cocktail encounters and futility of summit diplomacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his publicists climbed Mount Everest celebrating inevitable chats with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and happenstance exchanges at a cocktail with Un...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Time for US to reset relations with Zimbabwe
THERE is no better time for the United States to reset relations with a foreign country than at the change of administration.While US President Joe Biden will no doubt have a busy agenda, a ke...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Marc Holtzman
Trump or Biden, Zimbabwe expects no favours
United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden inched closer last night to clinching the presidency following this week's historic poll that might bring a dramatic close to incumbent Donald...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa: Quiet diplomacy 2.0
ZIMBABWE is in turmoil. It is facing the twin political and economic challenges again. Political tensions are high and activists are paying the price. Inflation, while now a bit stagnant, but it is ab...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:32hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Value the national interest
Since the days of the French thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli, the primacy of the national interest has always formed the basis of foreign policy, and has been the foundation of every country's strength o...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Zidera: Is Zimbabwe under sanctions or not?
Zimbabwe faces Zidera which was signed by US president George W. Bush into law in December 2001, allegedly to promote democracy and economic recovery in Zimbabwe.The question which arises of c...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 12:20hrs | 21 | by Colls Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's choreographed plan to carve out his image as a reformer up in smoke
When Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the leadership of Zanu-PF and became the head of state there was a perfectly choreographed plan to carve out his image as a reformer.He would be presented to ...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions must go: Zimbabwe's 2019 clarion call
On 21 December 2001 as the sun was directly overhead of the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere during the December Solstice, President George W Bush of the United States of America sealed ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:36hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
Tsvangirai family’s pre-emptive masterstroke the way to go
The funeral service in December 2018 for the late 41st President of the United States, George H Bush, who was in office from 1989 to 1993 (not to be confused with his son, George W Bush, the 43rd Pres...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by Conway Tutani
America's 'friend' Biti must come clean
There has been outrage over last week's posturing by officials in the United States of America as they sought to force Zimbabwe to drop charges against a single opposition MDC-Alliance member, Mr Tend...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Democracy, elections bad for collective cause
SOMETHING is going wrong with democracy. Something has gone wrong with democracy. It was the most successful political idea of the 21st century, but increasingly democracy is running into trouble, not...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Chamisa: A soldier simply fading away
There is nothing peculiar in challenging an election result in a court of law as that has been the tradition in many countries. Just a few instances suffice as examples. In the 2000 United Sta...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 3 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Iranian military commander warns Trump
ANKARA - An Iranian military commander said yesterday that Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him, and mocked the US president as using the language of "night clubs and...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | 6 | by AP
Beggars should still be choosers: Chamisa's wicked deal with the Mugabe devil
The court decision hit the young usurper like a smack in the face. Friends in the MDC who had cautiously been supporting Chamisa (mainly because their preferred candidate Khupe had been violently remo...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 15:48hrs | | by Faith Hope
Mugabe's exit from politics is not enough to absolve individual crimes: Chin'ono responds to Dendere
CHIPO Dendere's testimony on Wednesday at the US Congress, looking at the post-Robert Mugabe era has been the subject of various discussions online. She made some interesting points, some which ...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 20:27hrs | 6 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
How Grace crushed Robert Mugabe
HARARE - History will record that it was a previously under-estimated woman, Grace "Dr Stop It" Mugabe, who succeeded in spectacular fashion to achieve what hardened male gladiators who include opposi...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 20:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
The cost of firing an African Vice-President
Events of the past week were pregnant with both surprises and lessons. One of the key surprises was that the unthinkable can happen and can be executed unflinchingly by those who wield the power to de...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Will Grace Mugabe become the president of Zimbabwe in 2018?
When Grace Mugabe called out a shamefaced Kazembe Kazembe at a Zanu-PF Youth Interface Rally in Bindura earlier this year, to rebuke him over calls he made for Saviour Kasukuwere to resign, it was rea...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Blair and Bush wanted to attack Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe Saturday blasted Tony Blair, alleging that former British Prime Minister was still "angry" over government's land reform programme which resulted in whites being violently evic...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nick Price to meet Donald Trump
ZIMBABWEAN golf legend Nick Price will once again have the honour of meeting another sitting United States president. he is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump ahead of this year's edition of the bien...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
I did not invite myself to the Oceans summit, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am so disappointed by the ignorance displayed by our opposition. Their ignorance of global issues is inexcusable for people who harbour dreams of ...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 13:53hrs | 3 | by CZ
US to lift Zimbabwe sanctions only after .......
The United States will only ease sanctions on Zimbabwe after there are demonstrable economic and political reforms, Washington's envoy said, after an African Union envoy maintained most of US'...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 11:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wants Trump to be given a chance
UNITED States President Mr Donald Trump should be given a chance to prove that he is a good leader who can come up with sound policies that will improve the current world order, President Mugabe h...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump era a continuation of a traditional order, decades in the making
- Former Black Panther chairperson dismisses the "distinction between this individual president and that individual president" in the USA- Author Naomi Wolf cal...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 09:53hrs | 2 | by Al Jazeera
Oliver Mtukudzi denied US visa
Internationally-acclaimed musician Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi has been forced to cancel his United States of America tour, after being denied a visa at the US Embassy in Harare as his shows coincide with ...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 16:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fare thee well Osama, sorry Obama
An askari sat in the Oval Office at the White House for eight years, and did not want to disappoint the white establishment standing guard over his every action. And he made sure he left a lasting imp...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:09hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi
Detractors behind Warriors' rebellion, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMPLIMENTS of the new season to you all Comrades. I am most pleased to welcome you all to the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Seventeen. I know all of you ...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by CZ
Hillary Clinton Presidential bid Swot analysis
The race for the White house has intensified as Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced the Republican Presidential candidate in a debate. The debate has been received with a mixed bag...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 11:26hrs | 87 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
UN reforms: President Mugabe on a right track
"The UN is a body that encompasses the countries of the world. For him (President Mugabe) to say that he wants to form a splinter organisation, it shows that he is not normal," said Obert Gutu the MDC...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 13:19hrs | 8 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Mthwakazi - When you don't know who your friend is, your enemy is better!
You replied sis'Thata (Link). Again, I thank you.For reasons of brevity, let me delve straight into exactly the q...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
London mayor criticised for 'racist' Obama comments
London Mayor Boris Johnson has caused controversy in the United Kingdom by claiming that US President Barack Obama has an "ancestral dislike" for Britain as a result of his "part-Kenyan" heritage. His...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Agencies
President Mugabe's UN Security Reform stance laudable
Some private media houses have chosen to ignore the good work that President Robert Mugabe did as the AU Chairperson only to shame themselves by saying that his big brother stature is what makes the A...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Africans are not the only ones who need to be hounded by the ICC
The North Gauteng High Court issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country. He is accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide durin...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 15:43hrs | 10 | by Aayesha J Soni
Mugabe slams two-term limit on African leaders
Johannesburg - President Robert Mugabe has slammed the two-term limit imposed on African leaders, but at the same time made fun of Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid, ...Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Terrorists' including George W Bush banned
Caracas - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to limit the US diplomatic presence in Venezuela and require American tourists to obtain visas, in a sign of growing tensions between the two countr...Published: 01 Mar 2015 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by AFP
The flip side: Could 'Mugabe Falls' be the new wonder of the world?
In a typical ordinary day, I was also minding my own stressful situations about the effects of Zimbabwe's economy in my life when those world's infamous or famous pictures reached my smartphone throug...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 08:45hrs | | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Mugabe is a hero to some and a villain to others
The recent election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as chairman of the African Union, the continental body, has, unsurprisingly, drawn a mixed reception, both within and outside Zimbabwe....Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Alex T. Magaisa
But how fit is Robert Mugabe?
When Robert Mugabe came a cropper last week, stumbling at an airport and falling on his hands and knees, many saw it as evidence that Zimbabwe's nonagenarian president should quit and end the uncertai...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by David Smith
How to explain the extraordinary durability of Robert Mugabe?
How to explain the extraordinary durability of Robert Mugabe? The Zimbabwean President, who is 91 in February, and who has led his country since 1980 has just been elected the new Chairman of the Afri...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 21:45hrs | 2 | by Neil Clark
'Mugabe advised to look beyond Obama'
COLOGNE- Zimbabwe strongman, President Robert Mugabe, and his inner circle have reportedly been advised to look beyond U.S President, Barack Obama, in Harare's bid to end the country's decade long Int...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Itai Mushekwe
Hell beckons for Mujuru allies
IT was Aristotle the ancient Greek philosopher who said, "politicians have no leisure because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness".T...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Herbert Moyo
Three hours at the ICC- a journalist's perspective
I had in mind a court housed at an opulent building with massive security, but alas, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is temporarily located at a modest building in The Hague, Netherlands wi...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 06:17hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani recently at The Hague, Netherlands
Zimbabwe implicated in CIA torture programmes
Zimbabwe is one of the 54 countries exposed in a US Senate Intelligence Committee report as having assisted the George W Bush administration's CIA programme that included torture of terrorism susp...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe used as CIA transit base - report
DESPITE loaded anti-American rhetoric, it has emerged that Zimbabwe may have been used as a transit base for several United States intelligence agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), terror su...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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