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Zimbabweans falsely registered to vote in Mozambique's 2024 election?
Masvingo, Zimbabwe - In early 2024, journalists working in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province began hearing troubling rumours: Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, was allegedly registering support...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:21hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi Steps in to Mediate Mozambique's Post-Election Crisis
The President of the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) Africa, Walter Mzembi, has been called upon to mediate the escalating political crisis in Mozam...Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 07:22hrs | 3521 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Hichilema, Ramaphosa skip extraordinary SADC Summit
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will not attend the extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit set to address the Mozambique post-election crisis and the Democratic Republ...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 10:39hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
SADC toothlessness to blame for post-election conflicts in the region
In recent weeks, the southern African region has been thrust into yet another political crisis, this time in Mozambique, following a contentious election and violent protests. The country, whi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:51hrs | 300 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A tale of two southern African countries: Botswana's smooth transition of power vs. Mozambique's election crisis
In the heart of Southern Africa, two nations that share geographical proximity and a common colonial past are experiencing starkly different political realities. While Botswana, today, celebra...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:37hrs | 280 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadc meets over Mozambique post-poll crisis
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to convene an extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, from November 16 to 20, 2024, to discuss political developments in the region, includin...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Criticism grows over Chamisa's SADC roadmap proposal
Some Zimbabweans have expressed dismay over former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's statements regarding engagements with SADC over the Zimbabwean election crisis.In his address yesterday, C...Published: 28 May 2024 at 17:18hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
CCC disarray boosts Mnangagwa
THE dramatic implosion of Zimbabwe's main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) could have handed President Emmerson Mnangagwa the much-needed political advantage to out-manoeuvre regional l...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's worst nightmare
ON November 4 2023, the High Court of Zimbabwe issued a judgment in favour of Sengezo Tshabangu in the case of Prince Dubeko Sibanda and others.The case was filed by former legislators, who we...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | 11 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Chamisa warned against making 'attention-seeking rants'
The government has cautioned CCC leader Nelson Chamisa against making what it calls "attention-seeking outbursts" that could lead to disillusionment and potentially mislead the international community...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms receipt of Nevers Mumba's damning report
The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that it has received the Southern African Development Community (SADC) final report on the findings and recommendations regarding the August harmonized election...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will accept or reject SADC's final report recommendations
The Zimbabwean government has confirmed the receipt of the final report from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regarding the findings and recommendations from the August harmonized elec...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked NGOs pray for transitional govt in Zimbabwe
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have submitted a petition to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), urging them to advocate for a transitional government to ad...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Don't condemn Zimbabwe, we need minerals, says British MP
The United Kingdom's approach to Zimbabwe in the aftermath of its tumultuous elections is facing potential complications, as British lawmakers caution Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government to exerci...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's natural resources, markets divide UK
The recent debate in the House of Commons has highlighted the UK's dilemma regarding how to address Zimbabwe's post-election crisis while also considering its access to the country's valuable natural ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa has a solid plan.' Muscle into new GNU and thus guarantee yet another wasted opportunity to implement ALL reform
"Chamisa has a solid plan!" read the Bulawayo24 headline!If each one of Chamisa’s "solid plan" was a brick then one would have built by now a pyramid of solid brick ten kilometres square and...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa has a solid plan
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has revitalized the dwindling hopes of millions of Zimbabweans who had lost faith in the prospect of a change in government...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the Sadc radar?
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is currently deeply involved in addressing the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe, which has caused divisions within the nation and the region, while al...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inauguration a non-event, says Chamisa's CCC
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the swearing in of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to serve a second term yesterday as a non-event, maintaining that he was declared the w...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 17 | by Sharon Hofisi
Zanu-PF internal poll meddling a harbinger to election crisis
THE chaos surrounding Zanu-PF provincial elections following which the ruling party banned its members from celebrating presumed victories in internal polls has once again exposed that democratic proc...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC won't be rescued by media fibs
THE ever splintering MDC is in the intensive care unit but would rather find solace and comfort in creating non-existent ailments in the ruling party, Zanu-PF through sympathetic media outlets....Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rigged votes aren't just an African thing
AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When de...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Nic Cheeseman
Chamisa, a political orphan - Before Zimbabwe slides into civil war
The euphoria that trailed the ouster of Robert Mugabe was informed by the belief that it would turn a new page in the political history of Zimbabwe. The pledge of building a new Zimbabwe dominated the...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 18:14hrs | 4 | by Emma Emeozor
Harare violence yet another wake-up call for Sadc
First, there's the voting. Then, there's the counting. But what happens next? This is the sad question now on everyone's mind after the military was deployed to suppress post-election protests in Zimb...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Joe Devanny
Kofi Annan's team here to encourage credible elections
THE visiting Elders Council led by former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, yesterday said they were in the country to encourage credible elections, at a time when the main opposition MDC ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Kofi Annan
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met The Elders led by former United Nations secretary general, Mr Kofi Annan, whom he categorically told all was set for the July 30 harmonised elections and that anyone ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to die
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is prepared to go to jail or die fighting for a free and fair election, which he said was now unlikely due to an alleged "unholy" alliance between the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa on a regional diplomatic offensive
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday rejected the "sham" ballot papers produced for the July 30 elections and immediately dispatched his emissaries on a regional diplomatic offensiv...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Statement by advocate Nelson Chamisa
Fellow Zimbabweans, I come before you to express my gratitude for the tremendous support, solidarity and kindness that you have shown to the cause, to us, particularly myself and my esteemed colleague...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 12:40hrs | 17 | by Nelson Chamisa
A 2018 election boycott will trigger an election crisis
Democracy should allow individuals periodic opportunities to freely communicate their preferences to their leaders through regularly scheduled elections. ZANU PF has used it's confrontational strategi...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Kingstone Jambawo
#SomeoneTellKofiAnnan trending
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has questioned the International Criminal Court's (ICC) handling of the cases against Kenya's leaders.Mr Annan asked whether President Uhuru Kenyatta and...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 17:50hrs | 1 | by BBC
Ex-Ivorian first lady claims she suffered rape attempt
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Wednesday denied charges of crimes against humanity during political violence in 2010 and said she had suffered attempted rape while in det...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Agencies
'Grace Mugabe should learn from jailing of ex-Ivorian First Lady'
Local political analysts yesterday said the recent jailing of Ivory Coast's former First Lady Simone Gbabgo sends a clear message to politicians fond of abusing power and trampling on the rights o...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
'We will arrest you Tsvangirai' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday warned MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai that he faces arrest if he announces election results before their release by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Mr Tsva...Published: 28 Jul 2013 at 22:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF at crossroads
Despite its feigned bravado about preparedness for crunch elections this year, President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF is in a serious predicament about the party's prospects in pulling off the election by ...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 03:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lindiwe Zulu is a mad woman,' says Gumbo
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF has issued a blistering attack on Sadc saying the regional bloc had no business in sticking its nose in matters that affect Zimbabwe.Zanu-PF officials said th...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Referendum paves way for Mugabe-Tsvangirai dogfight
Zimbabweans vote in a referendum on a new constitution today that sets the stage for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to renew his bid to end President Robert Mugabe's 33-year rule in elections later ...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by bloomberg
Zim's inflation eases
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate eased to 2.91 percent in December, down from 2.99 percent the previous month due to reduced food and clothing costs, the national statistics agency said Tuesday....Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
Vote for AU commission chief ends in a stalemate
ADDIS ABABA - A vote by African leaders for the head of their bloc's executive ended in deadlock yesterday. Gabon's Jean Ping, who has headed the African Union Commission since 2008 and was seeking a ...Published: 31 Jan 2012 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by AFP
Exclusive interview with Alassane Ouattara, of Cote dIvoire
On the sidelines of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire spoke about the situation in his country and the challenges facing his...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 06:10hrs | | by un
Zimbabweans must learn from Ivory Coast: Tsvangirai
Abidjan - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that his country must learn from Ivory Coast's post-election crisis where 3 000 people died following a disputed vote.He...Published: 02 Sep 2011 at 06:40hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
The Case for UN Reconsideration of the Zimbabwean Matter
Now that the international community has confronted two of Africa's most ruthless dictators - Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo and Libya's Muammar al...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Eddie Walsh for ISN Insights
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