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US tells Mnangagwa to arrest killer soldiers
A TOP United States official has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must hold to account members of the security forces involved in the killing of civilians during public disturbances in August...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 10:41hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
US demands arrest of Aug 1 and January killer soldiers
PRESIDENT Donald Trump's administration has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa punishes security forces who stand accused of killing civilians during last year's post-election demonstrations, ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe not to blame, says USAID chief
Zimbabwe is creating a straw-man by blaming sanctions for the lack of investment and a failing economy, a top official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says....Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by ZimLive
Donald Trump sets tough conditions for Mnangagwa
President Donald Trump's administration has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa punishes security forces who stand accused of killing civilians during last year's post-election demonstrations, ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's call for lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe laudable
The call by the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, for sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to be lifted is progressive and worth celebrating.Ramaphosa joins Rwandan President Paul Kagame and ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 3 | by Ashley Kondo
Mthuli Ncube engages diplomats on reforms
ZIMBABWE'S international re-engagement programme and debt clearance plan are facing renewed headwinds with the United States government maintaining a hardline stance, insisting on tangible reforms, wh...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti relives court horror
MDC National Deputy Chairperson has opened up on how he felt when he underwent the recent gruelling court process that ended up seeing the court grantimng him back his passport and lessening of his ba...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's diplomatic offensive off the rails
LAST week's damning testimonies in the United States senate on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe have thrown President Emmerson Mnangagwa's international re-engagement agenda off balance, as Wash...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
MDC Alliance greedy for power
Being power hungry is like a curse as one does almost anything to get power. This has been the case with MDC Alliance party leaders Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance deputy National Chairperson Tendai B...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | | by Gift Mashoko
Drama at Tendai Biti's trial
There was drama at Tendai Biti's trial on Tuesday after the lawyers representing Mr. Biti told presiding Magistrate Takundwa that a member of the prosecuting authority had insulted the mag...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The ED administration has made significant strides
Last week the opposition and other anti-Government detractors were excited by the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of States for Africa, Matthew Harrington's submission on Zimbabwe to the US S...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
USA's latest demands on Zimbabwe a red herring
The submissions by one Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, Dr. Todd Moss and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Matthew Harrington before the United States Senate Foreign ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Trump's govt piles more pressure on Mnangagwa
THE United States administration has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with his government's economic mismanagement rather than blame the current economic mess on sanctions the global po...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe
Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation"...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi
Mnangagwa will not drop Biti charges
Zimbabwe will not accept pressure to subvert the rule of law to pacify certain political interests and will uphold the Constitution in the conduct of its affairs, a senior Government official has said...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
US continues tangling in Zimbabwean politics
Problems of African development and integration with the world have continued to attract concern in the policy making within and beyond the shores of the continent as American hegemony continues to ta...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:05hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
US hypocrisy on Zimbabwe exposed
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on 24 November 2017, he announced a paradigm shift in the manner in which things would be done politically and economically by the new ad...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:12hrs | 2 | by Elijah Chihota
US interferes with Zimbabwe judiciary, wants Biti charges dropped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government should drop charges against former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti to prove that the Harare administration is "serious about taking the cou...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
US accuses Mnangagwa of imitating Mugabe's autocratic rule
THE United States government says it is willing to engage Zimbabwe only after genuine political and economic reforms and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of aping former President Rob...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in timely US intervention
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday made a timely intervention as he submitted a detailed paper on Zimbabwe's economic and political reforms to a United States o...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
America set demands for removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
The United States of America on Thursday emphasised their terms of engagement that can lead to America being a development partner with Zimbabwe and see the removal os economic and trade sanctions. ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
US monitoring Zimbabwe's economic situation
THE US says it is "closely monitoring" Zimbabwe's economic situation and hopes the southern African country "returns to being a responsible international citizen".Zimbabwe is facing an acute f...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US top official speaks on Zimbabwe poll
United States envoy Matthew Harrington has expressed mixed feelings over the progress made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration towards creating a conducive environment for free, fair and ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under scrutiny
With less than two months to go to Zimbabwe's crucial general election, opposition parties and rights organisations are warning that the ruling party is not doing enough to implement the reforms neces...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by irishtimes
Zimbabwe elections litmus test for govt: US diplomat
ACTING United States deputy Assistant Secretary for Southern Africa and Public Diplomacy/Public Affairs, Matthew Harrington yesterday said next month's elections in Zimbabwe present a litmus test on w...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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