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Mnangagwa drools over COP26
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is relishing his forthcoming visit to the United Kingdom for COP26 - the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference - the Zimbabwean leader will soon fly into Gla...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups re-engagement drive with UK, Diaspora
Since the coming in of the new political dispensation, Zimbabwe has set its eyes on re-engagement. One of the critical countries that Zimbabwe has set its eyes on is the United Kingdom, the former col...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe
UK takes interest in MDC Alliance court cases
THE United Kingdom says it is following closely how the Zimbabwean government is handling the various cases of opposition legislators and pro-democracy defenders arrested and charged for participating...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | | by House of Commons Library
End Zimbabwe sanctions, says Kenyatta
Kenya has joined the list of African states calling on Western powers to lift crippling sanctions on the post-Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday pledged to support ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by The East African
Mnangagwa's worst British nightmare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's quest to re-engage the international community suffered a severe blow this week after his key Western backer Britain expressed support for additional European sanctions ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic revival: none but ourselves
"Government must create jobs for us, we want our hospitals to be top notch medical facilities, we want to eat what we want anytime, there is no bread on the shelves, all our roads should be tarred, ha...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe army generals targeted for UK sanctions
United Kingdom (UK) minister of Africa Harriett Baldwin has said her country is not considering removing sanctions on Zimbabwe, as it contemplates widening the embargo list to include officials in the...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK to block Harare's Commonwealth return
Britain's minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin says her country supports an extension of EU sanctions against Zimbabwe and will not back its plan to return to the Commonwealth.The frosty relat...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Business Day
UK to add more names on Zimbabwe sanction list
The British Minister of State at the Foreign Office and Department for International Development Harriett Baldwin has suggested that the United Kingdom might consider adding more names in the list of ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UK further discusses Zimbabwe abuses
As part of the inquiry into the country's human rights abuses, at least four witnesses are tomorrow set to give evidence to the United Kingdom's International Development Committee as the organisation...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
British diplomacy condemned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
British diplomacy on Zimbabwe came in for a mauling in a parliamentary debate this week and there were demands to suspend any re-engagement with the Mnangagwa government, oppose Zimbabwe being readmit...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
UK Lord urges Zimbabwe recolonisation
ZIMBABWE'S current political and socio-economic problems have become the subject of debate in the UK's House of Lords with one peer asking whether the British government was considering recolonising t...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
UK to suspend aid to Zimbabwe?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts will suffer a huge blow as calls for the United Kingdom (UK) government to withdraw its foreign aid and support to Zimbabwe's mount.This co...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves new cyber bill
With Zimbabwe's Internet shutdown still partly in place, the Information minister says that the government has crafted a new law to curb abuse of the Internet .Zimbabweans were left with...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK summons Zimbabwe's London ambassador
THE European Union (EU) condemned disproportionate use of force by the Zimbabwe government Thursday while Britain summoned Harare's ambassador to London as pressure against President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by newzimhbabwe
Time to just ignore Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa is a childish political clown with an inflated ego. We think he takes himself too seriously yet he is a nonentity. He sees himself as an intelligent, eloquent spe...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should be wary of Mnangagwa offer
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa should consider President Emmerson Mnangagwa's offer to make him official leader of the opposition with caution as he risks sinking into political oblivion, analysts...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's new office explained
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation of a formal "Office of the Leader of the Opposition" is not a personal accommodation for any particular individual, but rather about long-term institution-build...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK talks security cooperation
Zimbabwe and Britain could soon restore security cooperation agreements that fell through after diplomatic ties nosedived nearly two decades ago, while the United Kingdom is open to supporting Harare'...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on Chamisa's office
President Mnangagwa's creation of a formal "Office of the Leader of the Opposition" is not a personal accommodation for any particular individual, but rather about long-term institution-building in li...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks to Theresa May meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he is happy with the gradual improvement of relations between Zimbabwe and Britain and several other Western countries that had sided with London when ties betwee...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Xinhua
Zimbabwe's per capita income rises 60%
President Mnangagwa's vision of making Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy by 2030 is on track, if the upward trajectory in per capita income is anything to go by.On Sunday, the President ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to 'refresh' cabinet
VICE-PRESIDENTS Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi yesterday took the oath of office at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing a litmus test over the calibre of ministers who will constitute...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK forces Mnangagwa, Chamisa into talks
FORMER colonial master Britain is actively pushing for opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and for the Zanu-PF leader to reach out to h...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga must go or no aid for Mnangagwa's govt, says British MP
A UK legislator has said vice president Constantino Chiwenga must go after post-election violence blamed on the military left seven people dead and several others injured last week.Opposition ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK government wishy-washy posturing on elections is helping ED escape 'illegitimate' condemnation
The people of Zimbabwe and all level headed people out there will be outraged if the EU and the other international elections observers election observers come out with a wishy-washy report comparable...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
UK deeply concerned by Zimbabwe post election violence
Britain's government yesterday said it was deeply concerned by the violence following Zimbabwe's elections and by the "disproportionate response from the security forces"."We have urged all pa...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:00hrs | | by Reuters/ANA
UK Minister for Africa statement on Zimbabwe elections 2018
Following the recent elections in Zimbabwe, the Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, said:"The UK was encouraged that Zimbabweans turned out in record numbers to vote in the electio...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 18:31hrs | | by Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Harriett Baldwin MP
Britain's bet on Mnangagwa victory hangs in the balance
Efforts to nurse Zimbabwe back to international respectability depended on free and fair elections, but the plan appears to be unravelling.Ever since the then Africa minister Rory Stewart took...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Patrick Wintour
UK, US express concern over Zimbabwe chaos
Britain's Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin yesterday said she was "deeply concerned" about the deadly violence in Harare which claimed six lives on Wednesday and called on political leaders to ens...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in constant talks with Chamisa after deadly election protests
Zimbabwe's president said on Thursday his government has been in touch with the main opposition leader in an attempt to ease tensions after deadly election-related violence, a day after he accused the...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:23hrs | | by AP
UK express concern about Zimbabwe violence
A government crackdown in Zimbabwe after Monday's elections has prompted international calls for restraint.The UN and former colonial power the UK both expressed concern about the violence, in...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by BBC
No to another stolen Zimbabwe election
The London Vigil has presented a petition to the Prime Minister's official residence warning the UK government not to trust President Mnangagwa's military regime until it is satisfied that the upcomin...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 16:50hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Chamisa's UK trip draws mixed feelings
MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa this week continued his momentum to consolidate his leadership of the MDC Alliance with the high-profile visit to London, where he met United Kingdom senior government o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boris Johnson hosts Sibusiso Moyo for roundtable talks
In the margins of CHOGM Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed his Zimbabwean counterpart Foreign (and Trade) Minister Sibusiso Moyo to London for a roundtable with other international partners....Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe denied Commonwealth observer status
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo will today make a presentation at a breakfast meeting on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London ...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must feel confident they can vote for the party of their choice:' British Ambassador to Zimbabwe
Elections aren't far off in Zimbabwe - likely just three or four months away. The British Embassy and its partners here in Zimbabwe have welcomed the commitments of the government of President Emmerso...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by the British Embassy in Harare
Mnangagwa must be honest about genocide
The Vigil has launched a new petition calling on President Mnangagwa's government to account properly for Gukurahundi. The petition reads: Zimbabwe has reportedly been encouraged by the UK Government ...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by ZimVigil
Britain, EU divided over Zimbabwe funding
SHARP differences have emerged between Britain and its counterparts in the European Union over the funding and support to be given to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration ahead of the make-or...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa embraces civil society
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has embraced Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in a clear break with the past when the institutions were viewed as regime change agents. The President last Friday met British Mini...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK announces new support for Zimbabwe's democratic processes
LONDON - Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin visited Zimbabwe on Thursday 1 February and Friday 2 February, on her first overseas visit in her new role as joint Minister for the Foreign and Commonwea...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by APO
Britain engages new Zimbabwe regime
The new British Africa minister, Harriett Baldwin, will have found her visit to Zimbabwe full of the promise of change – the latest being the decision announced by Air Chief Marshal (rtd) Perence Sh...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 18:35hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zimbabwe, UK ties improve, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says there is a remarkable improvement in relationships between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe which is likely to pave way for investment inflows into the country....Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The scramble for Zimbabwe has begun
The scramble for Zimbabwe has begun. Western and Eastern nations are locked in a frenetic race to grab the mouth-watering economic opportunities presented by a country whose dramatic return from inter...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:48hrs | 1 | by Brezhnev Malaba
UK Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin visits Zimbabwe
LONDON - UK Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin arrived in Harare on 1 February. This is the second UK Ministerial visit to Zimbabwe since President Mnangagwa was sworn in in November 2017 and Minist...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Britain scaling up its re-engagement with Zimbabwe
BRITAIN is working on scaling up its re-engagement with Zimbabwe with its new Africa Minister Mrs Harriett Baldwin expected to visit the country soon.The outgoing Africa Minister Mr Rory Stewa...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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