The view from inside Zimbabwe. We have an exclusive interview with a member of Amnesty International, just back from a five-week visit. He describes an ongoing, state-sponsored campaign of violence. We also examine the state of ethnic relations in Kenya, six months after two fierce political rivals declared unity.
Less than a week after lifting a ban on aid agencies, Zimbabwe's government has imposed harsh restrictions on humanitarian groups operating in the country, according to reports Tuesday in the government-controlled media.
A summit of regional leaders in South Africa ended Sunday with no agreement to end Zimbabwe's political crisis.
A power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is just "one or two sticking points" away, sources close to the negotiations said Saturday.
President Bush signed an executive order Friday expanding U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe, the White House said.
Zimbabwe's president and his main political rival have signed an agreement for formal talks.
Talks to end Zimbabwe's election crisis have hit a snag following the opposition leader's refusal to sign a framework agreement, an opposition party member said Thursday.
Opposition officials say Zimbabwe's president and opposition leader are expected to sign an agreement to hold power-sharing talks
Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday his country will step up sanctions on Zimbabwe's government and will call on the European Union to do the same.
The view from inside Zimbabwe. We have an exclusive interview with a member of Amnesty International, just back from a five-week visit. He describes an ongoing, state-sponsored campaign of violence. We also examine the state of ethnic relations in Kenya, six months after two fierce political rivals declared unity.
Less than a week after lifting a ban on aid agencies, Zimbabwe's government has imposed harsh restrictions on humanitarian groups operating in the country, according to reports Tuesday in the government-controlled media.
A summit of regional leaders in South Africa ended Sunday with no agreement to end Zimbabwe's political crisis.
A power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is just "one or two sticking points" away, sources close to the negotiations said Saturday.
President Bush signed an executive order Friday expanding U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe, the White House said.
Zimbabwe's president and his main political rival have signed an agreement for formal talks.
Talks to end Zimbabwe's election crisis have hit a snag following the opposition leader's refusal to sign a framework agreement, an opposition party member said Thursday.
Opposition officials say Zimbabwe's president and opposition leader are expected to sign an agreement to hold power-sharing talks
Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday his country will step up sanctions on Zimbabwe's government and will call on the European Union to do the same.
Talks aimed at finding a resolution to Zimbabwe's election dispute began in South Africa on Thursday, according to Ronnie Mamoepa, spokesman for the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The leaders of the Group of Eight nations expressed concerns Tuesday about Iran's nuclear program and Zimbabwe's election crisis.
President George W. Bush has urged the international community to punish the Zimbabwe government for suppressing its political opponents and using violence at the ballot box
Bowing to the German government, the company supplying the embattled regime with its hyper-inflating bank notes has stopped deliveries
Officials at an African Union summit Tuesday adopted a resolution urging talks in Zimbabwe aimed at promoting peace and stability in the country, according to Egypt's official news agency.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday called for armed international peacekeepers to secure a new presidential election in Zimbabwe, which has been racked by violence ahead of a Friday runoff.
While China heaped praise on the United States for its help in recovering from a devastating earthquake, there was no sign Sunday its gratitude would extend to international matters
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Things are quiet today. The calm before a storm. The silence before swearing. In.
Calling Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election a "sham," U.S. President George W. Bush said Saturday that he would push for additional sanctions against the country's government.
Why the sanctions that rained down on the apartheid regime of a previous generation haven't been imposed on Zimbabwe
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday warned Zimbabwe's president against declaring victory in what she said will be an illegitimate run-off election this week
President Robert Mugabe's information minister dismissed criticism of Zimbabwe's leader from anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, a day before an internationally condemned runoff election was scheduled to take place
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has highlighted what he called the "tragic failure of leadership in Zimbabwe."
Zimbabwe's opposition leader has left the Dutch Embassy for the first time since fleeing there
Kenya's prime minister Wednesday called for an international peacekeeping force to be deployed in Zimbabwe to ensure free and fair elections.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is pulling out of Friday's presidential runoff because of mounting violence
Zimbabwe's opposition party says four of its activists have been killed in a firebombing near Harare
Millions of Zimbabweans face starvation as a result of the government's decision to suspend the work of aid organizations last week, an aid director said Saturday.
British broadcaster Sky News Wednesday criticized the jail sentences given to three of its drivers in Zimbabwe, where a court found them guilty of possessing broadcast equipment without authorization.
Violence and intimidation targeting Zimbabwe's opposition party -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- has "extinguished any chance of a free and fair" runoff election, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Millions of people in Zimbabwe already facing economic hardship and hunger are being put at risk by a government ban on relief organizations, the United Nations warned Friday, saying it would urge a lifting of restrictions.
The MDC said Friday that its rallies had been banned indefinitely three weeks before the presidential runoff
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader was stopped by police from reaching the site of a political rally
U.S. and British diplomats are safe after Zimbabwe police, soldiers and "war veterans" stopped their convoy Thursday and threatened to burn them alive, U.S. officials said.
Zimbabwe's social welfare minister has ordered aid groups to stop field work in his country
A British government spokesman says the British diplomats who were detained in Zimbabwe have been released
Ethiopian ex-dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam may be forced from exile in Zimbabwe to face a death sentence at home if President Robert Mugabe is ousted in an upcoming election, an opposition spokesman indicated Tuesday.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a $300,000 fund Tuesday to help victims of politically motivated violence that he said has left 50 supporters dead
Zimbabwe's main opposition party has accused the government of President Robert Mugabe of orchestrating a plot to assassinate its leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
The run-off for Zimbabwe's presidential election will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission said Friday.
A presidential election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held June 27
Police twice stopped a group of diplomats Tuesday -- including the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe -- asking questions about journalists accompanying them and threatening violence, according to an eyewitness.
Six weeks to the day after Zimbabwe chose opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai over Mugabe, reports continue to emerge of a vicious, nationwide campaign of intimidation
Two journalists and the lawyer for a third have been arrested in Zimbabwe in recent days, their spokesmen said Thursday, amid signs that the Zimbabwean government is intensifying a post-election crackdown.
Zimbabwe's opposition said post-election violence was increasing Wednesday, a day after the army denied unleashing attacks on critics in the southern African country.
Electoral officials say Zimbabwe's opposition leader won 47.9 percent of votes in presidential elections -- not enough to avoid a run-off against longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe's opposition rejected a presidential runoff election despite a media report saying Wednesday that the long-delayed official tally delivered them a victory short of an outright win
Zimbabwe authorities Tuesday released nearly all of the opposition supporters who were detained last week, a Movement for Democratic Change lawyer said.
A recount of ballots in the Zimbabwe presidential election may be completed by Monday, leading to an announcement of the results nearly a month after voting took place, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said Saturday.
Hundreds of armed police raided the offices of Zimbabwe's main opposition party and independent election observers on Friday amid the continuing turmoil caused by the delay in releasing results.
Britain's prime minister Wednesday called for an arms embargo on Zimbabwe and urged condemnation of the country's recent elections as initial results of an opposition-decried recount showed in favor of President Robert Mugabe's party.
A Zimbabwe election official said Tuesday that results from the presidential and parliamentary elections should be announced this weekend, four weeks after votes were cast.
Zimbabwe officials on Saturday began recounting ballots from the country's disputed election in a move that could overturn a claimed victory by opponents to President Robert Mugabe.
A Chinese ship loaded with arms and ammunition sailed away from a South African waters and is on its way to Luanda, Angola to unload its cargo bound for Zimbabwe.
A judge Friday rejected a request by the Zimbabwe opposition to stop plans for a recount of votes from the March 29 presidential election, opposition lawyer Andrew Makoni told CNN.
The failure to release the results of last month's Zimbabwe elections could cause the situation in that country to deteriorate further with "serious implications" for its people, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Wednesday.
An opposition protest action fizzles, as fear of violence and poverty discourages people from staying away from work
A senior opposition leader accused Zimbabwe's ruling party Tuesday of unleashing an "orgy of violence" across the country in the wake of a disputed presidential election.
While Mugabe's regime continues to withhold the elections result, even his most ardent rivals may be too afraid of violence to turn out for a planned general strike
A summit of Southern African leaders, meeting to discuss Zimbabwe's electoral stalemate, concluded Sunday with a weak declaration that appealed for a quick release of the results and the conclusion that the country is not in crisis.
Zimbabwe's opposition party called for a general strike to start Tuesday, the day after the country's High Court is due to decide whether to force publication of presidential election results, a party spokesman said Saturday.
This week on Inside Africa we have an update on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, then we head to the Big Apple for a look at the 15th annual New York African Film Festival.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, are due at this weekend's emergency summit of southern African leaders, summoned by the president of neighboring Zambia, to discuss the electoral and political crisis, spokesmen for the two men said.
Zimbabwe militants, mostly war veterans, have forcibly seized at least 60 white-owned farms, apparently on government orders, a farmers' representative said Tuesday.
The opposition candidate who contends that he's the victor in Zimbabwe's presidential election says he doesn't want a runoff with President Robert Mugabe because he fears violence.
Zimbabwe's ruling party said Friday that President Robert Mugabe would be willing to face Morgan Tsvangirai in a runoff election.
Zimbabwean government forces began cracking down on the main opposition party Thursday, raising fears of a political crisis, according to witnesses and an opposition spokesman.
Election observers called on Zimbabwe's government to release the results of weekend elections as soon as possible to avoid political unrest, but government officials said the results won't be out until Monday.
Zimbabwe's capital of Harare was quiet Saturday night after polls began closing for elections that will decide the future of longtime President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a new law that hands over majority ownership of all businesses to "indigenous" Zimbabweans.
Police in Zimbabwe will not hesitate to use their guns to quell violence during and after next month's elections, the official media reported Wednesday.
As many as 10,000 people were converging on a town in southern Zimbabwe for President Robert Mugabe's 84th birthday celebrations, state radio reported Friday.
The food maker H. J. Heinz, one of Zimbabwe's first major foreign investors, sold its Zimbabwe interests to a government controlled cotton company, it was disclosed Monday.
Food maker H. J. Heinz, one of Zimbabwe's first major foreign investors, has sold its Zimbabwe interests to a government controlled cotton company, it was disclosed Monday.
Zimbabwe's government introduced a bill Thursday to give Zimbabweans majority ownership of foreign companies, a move critics say will deepen the economic crisis.
Zimbabwe's inflation rate has leapt to a record high, official data showed on Wednesday, raising pressure on President Robert Mugabe to ease an economic crisis that foes hope will weaken the veteran leader.
What does it feel like to hold a few million dollars in your hands? If you're in Zimbabwe, like this worker, and your wages are in Zimbabwean dollars, not very good. With hyperinflation running at 4,500 percent on an annual basis, all his cash is worth less than $100.
Zimbabwe police had mistreated some of the more than 200 opposition party members detained on Saturday, an opposition spokesman said Sunday.
(CNN) -- Police in Zimbabwe rounded up more than 200 members of the political opposition Saturday, according to a spokesman for the southern African nation's main opposition movement.
The president of Zambia has called for other southern African countries to take a different approach to Zimbabwe, which he described as a "sinking Titanic" as growing numbers of refugees flee economic and political turmoil.
Twelve-year-old Beatrice returns from the fields with small animals she's caught for dinner.
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke and Prime Minister Tony Blair have refused to back down and grant a general moratorium on returning failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe police have extended a demolition campaign targeting the homes and livelihoods of the urban poor to the vegetable gardens they rely on for food, saying the crops planted on vacant lots are damaging the environment.
A planned two-day strike to protest a government crackdown on illegal homes and traders has got off to a slow start in Zimbabwe's capital amid a heavy police presence.
Zimbabwe has freed 62 men linked to a plot to overthrow the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea that also implicated the son of Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Over U.S. opposition that branded Zimbabwe an "entirely inappropriate" choice, Zimbabwe was re-elected Wednesday to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, has said he is concerned over aspects of last week's parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party has secured a majority in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to partial results.
A man accused by Zimbabwe of leading 70 suspected mercenaries has pleaded guilty to attempting to possess dangerous weapons, according to news reports.
The trial in Zimbabwe of 70 men accused of being mercenaries plotting to oust the government of Equatorial Guinea has been postponed for a day to give lawyers more time to prepare their case.
In the multinational effort that may have averted a coup attempt in Equatorial Africa, South Africa alerted Zimbabwe that a planeload of 64 "suspected mercenaries" was to land in Harare, sources close to the investigation said Thursday.
Authorities in Zimbabwe have taken 64 people identified as "suspected mercenaries" into custody and seized a U.S.-registered jetliner carrying military material, a police spokesman said Monday.
The State Department on Thursday reiterated its warning to U.S. citizens against traveling to Zimbabwe and urged those still there to leave.
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