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Zimbabwe after the disputed 2013 election and the way forward
Mr ChairmanLadies and Gentlemen, all protocol observedZimbabwe after the disputed 2013 election and the way forward1.IntroductionIt is my singular honour and pleasure to be inv...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 21:36hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
African leaders on plan to combat Boko Haram
African leaders at a summit in Paris have agreed on a regional plan of action to combat Boko Haram, the Islamist group that has abducted more than 200 girls and threatened to sell them into slavery....Published: 20 May 2014 at 07:40hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Queen Elizabeth congratulates SA for Freedom Day
Johannesburg - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has congratulated South Africa on reaching 20 years of democracy, the British high commission said on Saturday."On the occasion of the Republic Sout...Published: 26 Apr 2014 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe supports Russia on the secession referendum in Crimea
Zimbabwe joins North Korea and 8 other countries voted against the resolution against the secession referendum in Crimea.Despite strong pressure by the US and other countries to support a reso...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obama, Putin have spoken about Ukraine crisis
Russia's Parliament signed off Saturday on President Vladimir Putin's request to send military forces into Ukraine, raising the stakes in a quickly escalating game of brinksmanship between the two cou...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 22:02hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
David Cameroon must meet Mugabe
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe will participate in the European Union-Africa summit in Brussels at the beginning of April, as the EU's travel ban does not prevent him for taking part in internatio...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 11:38hrs | 3 | by Blessing-Miles Tendi
Mugabe wants Queen Elizabeth to help on sanctions
President Mugabe wants the Queen to help get sanctions against his government lifted - and if she refuses, will strip British businesses of their assets in Zimbabwe.Mugabe's covert campa...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 15:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe rewards long-time allies with cabinet posts
President Robert Mugabe appointed a new cabinet on Tuesday, retaining long-time allies and naming hardliner Emmerson Mnangagwa as justice minister.Mnangagwa a key member of Mugabe's Zanu-PF pa...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 18:55hrs | | by AFP
Zim Court ruling not credible without independent investigation - UK
LONDON, United-Kingdom - Following the announcement by the Zimbabwean Constitutional Court that the presidential election result should stand and President Mugabe can be inaugurated, the Foreign Sec...Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 19:44hrs | | by APO
UK wants probe into Zimbabwe vote
London - Britain said the result of the Zimbabwe election was not credible without an independent investigation of alleged vote-rigging, as Robert Mugabe prepared to be sworn in for another term as pr...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by AFP
'British ambassador to Zim should face consequences of peddling falsehoods'
British ambassador Deborah Bronnert has been accused of deliberate mischief and should face the consequences arising from peddling falsehoods a senior official in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF par...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK Foreign Secretary deeply concerned over escalating violence in Egypt
LONDON, United-Kingdom - Foreign Secretary William Hague deeply concerned at the escalating violence in Egypt and condemns the use of force in clearing protestorsSpeaking today, Foreign Secret...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 13:15hrs | 1 | by APO
White Zim MP working to keep Mugabe in power
He campaigned on a platform of black empowerment and "indigenisation" which vilified Zimbabwe's whites as evil colonial overlords hankering after a return to the past. Yet as Robert Mugabe celebrates...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 22:03hrs | | by ffzenewsroom
UK Foreign Secretary statement on Zimbabwe election results
LONDON, United-Kingdom - Foreign Secretary commends the people of Zimbabwe on peaceful elections but sets out grave concerns over how those elections were conductedForeign Secretary Willi...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by United Kingdom - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
At 89 Mugabe is not immortal
So William Hague has 'grave concerns' about Zimbabwe's grotesquely rigged elections.Instead of expressing his anxieties, the Foreign Secretary could offer the Zimbabwean people a heartfelt apo...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 09:35hrs | | by Stephen Glover
'West must now climb-down,' says Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL unease mounted on Sunday over the re-election of President Robert Mugabe in polls denounced by the opposition as "stolen".Mugabe, 89, in power since 1980, trounced long-standing ...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 09:04hrs | 4 | by Reuters
Australia, UK, US, wants Zimbabwe poll re-run
AUSTRALIA, which suspended sanctions against Zimbabwe to help encourage "free and fair" elections, has added its voice to international concerns of vote rigging in last week’s disput...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Australia calls for a re-run of Zim elections
Harare - International unease mounted on Sunday over the re-election of Africa's oldest leader, Robert Mugabe, in polls denounced by Zimbabwe's opposition as "stolen".Mugabe, 89, in power sinc...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zuma congratulates Mugabe on poll victory
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday congratulated Robert Mugabe on his re-election as president of Zimbabwe.Zuma described Wednesday's elections as "harmonised" and called for peace...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US rejects Zim poll results, UK expresses 'deep concern'
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Zimbabwe's presidential election results for the July 31 poll are the culmination of a deeply flawed process and do not represent the w...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 04:21hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Fraudulent stolen election has launched Zim into a political crisis - Tsvangirai
Robert Mugabe's seventh consecutive election victory as President of Zimbabwe has been described as political "theft" by the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and former prime mi...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 03:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
UK expresses 'deep concern' over conduct of Zim election
British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed "deep concern" over the conduct of the election, saying the failure to share the voters' roll with political parties was a "critical flaw."...Published: 03 Aug 2013 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Over 100 people killed as rallies turn violent in Egypt
At least 120 people have been killed after security forces attacked a protest by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, according to the Muslim Brotherhood.Doctors at a field ...Published: 27 Jul 2013 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim businessman sues British government
Local businessman Mr John Bredenkamp has instituted legal proceedings against the British government which he accuses of unlawfully causing his assets to be frozen under an anti-Zimbabwe sanctions reg...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ICC call for swift transfer of DRC warlord to The Hague
The Hague - The International Criminal Court (ICC) called on Tuesday for the swift transfer of wanted DR Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda to The Hague after his shock surrender to the US embassy in Kigali...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why reward Mugabe?
BRUSSELS - Global Outlook Rewards for the punished are only meant to be for good behaviour.So why are we about to give a glittering prize to the unpleasant government dominated by Robert Muga...Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Jim Armitage
UK strikes deal for Marange diamonds to return to the EU markets
Reports from Brussels, Belgium suggest that the United Kingdom has struck a deal with Belgium on the need for Marange diamonds to return to the European Union markets.According to the reports,...Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
EU set to ease ZImbabwe sanctions
EU nations have been working on a deal to reward Harare by lifting some of the bloc's punishing sanctions against members of the regime.This happens as Zimbabwe prepares to vote on a new const...Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 13:04hrs | 3 | by Sapa-AFP
Makoni get top UK government expert job
Zimbabwe Girl Child Founder Betty Makoni has been assigned a top expert job with the British government's Foreign Office. She will be part of a team that will oversee a special international initiativ...Published: 07 Feb 2013 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe votes 'no' to UN resolution on Syria
Zimbabwe voted "no" on Friday along with Russia, China, Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Burma and Venezuela. Among those states abstaining were India and Pakistan....Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Libyans brave violence to grasp first free polls
Liibyans defied violence and boycott calls to rush to the polls in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, parting with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship....Published: 07 Jul 2012 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Kofi Annan urges Damascus to take "bold steps " to solve crisis peacefully
The UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan said that the recent carnage in central Syrian village of Houla which killed over 100 people was "appalling," urging the Syrian government to take "bo...Published: 28 May 2012 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joyce Banda sworn in as the new president of Malawi
Malawian Vice-President Joyce Banda took over the running of the country on Saturday after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, and fears of a succession struggle receded as state institutions...Published: 07 Apr 2012 at 15:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ministers snub Tsvangirai's 'cabinet'
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's bid to chair Cabinet in President Mugabe's absence on Tuesday flopped when Zanu-PF ministers boycotted the meeting.The meeting was called on the pretext of ...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Italy slams Britain over Nigeria failed hostage rescue bid
ROME - Italy on Friday condemned as "inexplicable" Britain's failure to warn it ahead of time of an operation to rescue a pair of British and Italian hostages in Nigeria that resulted in their d...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 04:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T letter to William Hague
Dear Hon William HagueSUBJECT: SUBMISSION OF APPEAL LETTER SEEKING SUPPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF SOLOMON MADZORE (MDC-T) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE ...Published: 27 Jan 2012 at 12:43hrs | | by MDC-T
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Zimbabwe Unity to Dziruni
Dear Mr Dziruni Thank you for your letter of 15 November 2011 addressed to the Rt Hon. William Hague MP. I work in the Zimbabwe Unit of Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has been asked to ...Published: 27 Jan 2012 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by MDC
MDC-T's bid to involve the UK on Madzore's release hits a brick-wall
In a bid to arm twist the Zimbabwean police to release Solomon Madzore the MDC Youth Assembly chairperson who was arrested on on charges of murdering a police officer in Glen View in May last year...Published: 27 Jan 2012 at 12:44hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Iran has further stoked Western fears of its nuclear activities
Vienna - Iran has further stoked Western fears about the purpose of its nuclear activities by starting to enrich fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually impregnable mountain bunker....Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by AFP
Belgium grenade and gun attack, 5 dead and 119 wounded
A grenade and gun attack in this eastern Belgian city left five people dead, including the attacker, and 119 wounded Tuesday, authorities said.A 23-month-old baby died in a hospital late Tuesd...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 22:26hrs | | by -
Captured US drone now Iranian 'property' - Iran official
TEHRAN (AFP) – A US drone captured by Iran is now the "property" of the Islamic republic, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Tuesday, dismissing a request by US President Barack...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 09:20hrs | | by AFP
British plane flies $212 million cash to Libya
London - A British plane flew $212m worth of Libyan banknotes to Libya on Wednesday after an assets freeze aimed at the then leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime was lifted, a British official said....Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 06:04hrs | | by AFP
Libyan rebels take over Gaddafi HQ
Libyan rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down...Published: 23 Aug 2011 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
'Traitors, surrender your weapons, choose: death or surrender' - Gaddafi
Tripoli - A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said he is ready to "sacrifice" to defeat rebels battling his forces after they warned the deadline for the veteran strongman to step down and stay in Libya has ex...Published: 28 Jul 2011 at 08:45hrs | | by AFP
Summary of the International Press on the Libyan Revolution
The United Kingdom recognises Libya's rebel umbrella group, not Muammar Al Qathafi's regime, as that nation's legitimate government, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday."We are de...Published: 28 Jul 2011 at 07:29hrs | | by CNN | tripolipost.com
UK expels all Libyan Embassy staff
United Kingdom is to expel all Libyan Embassy staff and formally recognise the rebel-led National Transitional Council (NTC) as the country's governing authority.Eight members of Colonel Muamm...Published: 27 Jul 2011 at 08:41hrs | | by Mathews Estell
South Sudan formally marked its independence
Juba - Tens of thousands of South Sudanese danced and cheered as their new nation declared independence on Saturday, a hard-won separation from the north that still leaves simmering issues of disput...Published: 09 Jul 2011 at 17:10hrs | 2 | by Matthews Estell
NATO targets Gaddafi communications, hits state broadcaster
NATO air raids targeted the communications of Muammar Gaddafi's battered regime in Libya, hitting offices of the state broadcaster and his military intelligence headquarters, says officials.T...Published: 07 Jun 2011 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Sapa-AFP
British embassy attacked, Libyan ambassador expelled
The Libyan ambassador to the UK has been expelled following attacks on British embassy premises in Tripoli, the foreign secretary has said.William Hague said Omar Jelban was "persona non grat...Published: 01 May 2011 at 15:39hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Britain must withdraw the Royal wedding invitation
Britain would be justified to withdraw the Royal wedding invitation that has been extended to a representative of Robert Mugabe’s regime as the Evening Standard has revealed. One do...Published: 21 Apr 2011 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
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