Police in Zimbabwe arrested more opposition lawmakers Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe announced he would include opposition members in his new Cabinet.
Zimbabwe's president is heckled and his speech drowned out after he orders the opposition-dominated parliament to assemble
As power-sharing talks drag on, opponents of President Robert Mugabe gain control of the top job in Zimbabwe's parliament
Zimbabwe's opposition won the vote for speaker of the first parliament since disputed elections in March, claiming votes even from the party of President Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean lawmakers on Monday narrowly voted for Lovemore Moyo as speaker of the parliament -- making him the first opposition lawmaker to hold the position in the country's history.
With the government continuing to harass the opposition, power-sharing talks between Mugabe and Tsvangirai are no closer to resolution
After several hours of power-sharing negotiations, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai adjourned the talks early Monday -- apparently without reaching a deal.
Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have been postponed until Sunday, a Tsvangirai spokesman said.
Global pressure may have forced Mugabe's government to the bargaining table, but the regime is not ready to offer an acceptable deal to the opposition
South African President Thabo Mbeki is heading to Zimbabwe for talks with the country's president and the head of an opposition faction, the South African government announced Wednesday.
Police in Zimbabwe arrested more opposition lawmakers Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe announced he would include opposition members in his new Cabinet.
Zimbabwe's president is heckled and his speech drowned out after he orders the opposition-dominated parliament to assemble
As power-sharing talks drag on, opponents of President Robert Mugabe gain control of the top job in Zimbabwe's parliament
Zimbabwe's opposition won the vote for speaker of the first parliament since disputed elections in March, claiming votes even from the party of President Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean lawmakers on Monday narrowly voted for Lovemore Moyo as speaker of the parliament -- making him the first opposition lawmaker to hold the position in the country's history.
With the government continuing to harass the opposition, power-sharing talks between Mugabe and Tsvangirai are no closer to resolution
After several hours of power-sharing negotiations, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai adjourned the talks early Monday -- apparently without reaching a deal.
Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have been postponed until Sunday, a Tsvangirai spokesman said.
Global pressure may have forced Mugabe's government to the bargaining table, but the regime is not ready to offer an acceptable deal to the opposition
South African President Thabo Mbeki is heading to Zimbabwe for talks with the country's president and the head of an opposition faction, the South African government announced Wednesday.
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.
A judge in Zimbabwe has cleared 14 opposition party members who were facing charges of inciting political violence, the Movement for Democratic Change said.
Neither Zimbabwe's regime nor its opposition can eliminate the other, but each has a very different idea of what a compromise would involve
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.
Police in Zimbabwe said Friday they have put seven opposition members of parliament on a wanted list, a development that is likely to further dampen the possibility of talks between President Robert Mugabe and his rivals.
About 220 Zimbabweans congregated outside the U.S. Embassy in Harare on Thursday, seeking refuge from election-related violence, embassy spokesman Mark Weinberg said.
Mugabe and his opponents consider talks, but neither accepts the other's terms for power sharing
As the hours ticked down toward the opening of Friday's balloting, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe showed no indication that he would give in to demands to postpone the runoff election despite his challenger's dropping out.
With polls closed for a Zimbabwe runoff that opposition politicians and international observers call a sham, alleged torture victims who support former candidate Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that they back his decision to pull out of the race.
After a campaign of intimidation, Mugabe's forces are now ordering everyone to the polls -- to vote for you know who
Opposition candidate Tsvangirai is terrorized into submission, leaving Zimbabweans little hope of ousting Mugabe
Claiming the upcoming vote "a violent sham," Zimbabwe's opposition leader departs, leaving Mugabe unchallenged
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is pulling out of Friday's presidential runoff because of mounting violence
A judge in Zimbabwe's High Court overturned Saturday a police ban on an opposition rally scheduled for Sunday -- less than a week from the presidential runoff -- a lawyer for the opposition told CNN.
Officials in Zimbabwe's opposition party say it has rejected the idea of pulling out of next week's runoff election.
A jailed Zimbabwean opposition party official will be formally charged with treason and other offenses on Tuesday after "a lot of paperwork" delayed his court appearance on treason charges by a day, a police official said.
President Robert Mugabe reiterated militant warnings on Saturday as the deputy leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party was brought to court on treason charges.
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.
After two more detentions by Zimbabwe authorities, the opposition leader tells TIME that he and his followers do not expect a fair election, but that the fight for democracy will go on
Opposition leaders and diplomats believe that President Robert Mugabe may now simply be a front for the country's generals
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.
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, has returned to campaigning, agencies report, the day after he was detained by police for almost 10 hours.
Zimbabwe presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai was released Wednesday after spending nearly 10 hours in police custody, a Tsvangirai spokesman said.
Suspending humanitarian aid and harassing the opposition presidential candidate are the Zimbabwe leader's latest tactics in his drive to stay in power
An opposition party official in Zimbabwe says leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been detained by police
U.S. President George Bush railed against the government of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe Monday, calling intimidation of opposition figures "deplorable."
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
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
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.
The vice president of Zimbabwe's opposition party said top party officials on Saturday reaffirmed their decision not to participate in a runoff for president.
The election results are official: Mugabe lost, but gets a second chance in a runoff. With time to plan its counterattack, the regime looks likely to prevail
Political opponents of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe denounced Friday's presidential election results as "illegal" and said they stand by their stance that their leader won the race and that no runoff is necessary.
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 authorities Tuesday released nearly all of the opposition supporters who were detained last week, a Movement for Democratic Change lawyer said.
Four weeks after a contested election and amid a campaign of violent intimidation, results of the presidential vote are about to be announced. And the opposition has new reason to hope
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.
A senior U.S. State Department official said Thursday she believes President Robert Mugabe lost the March 29 presidential election to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe's opposition party Sunday said dozens of its members have been detained as authorities try to block the party's challenge to a recount of votes that could crush their claimed victory over President Robert Mugabe.
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 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.
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
Zimbabwe's High Court ruled Monday that it would not force the troubled African country's electoral commission to release the results of the March 29 presidential vote, two journalists at the court told CNN.
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.
By snubbing a regional summit on the crisis in his country, the autocrat signals his intention to fight the election verdict
Two weeks after facing off in Zimbabwe's election, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai will confront each other at an emergency meeting
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's High Court will wait until Monday to issue its ruling on whether it will order the Electoral Commission to release the March 29 presidential results, a journalist at the courtroom told CNN.
Q&A: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai talks to TIME about Zimbabwe's "de facto military coup," and what lies ahead
Members of the opposition claim that Zimbabwe's "war veterans" are back and seeking retribution
Zimbabwe's High Court ruled Monday it can force the country's electoral commission to release the results of the March 29 presidential election, but it is still unclear if the court will do so.
There's a real fear that pro-Mugabe mobs will embark on a campaign of violence designed to ensure he retains power
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.
President Robert Mugabe's government raided the offices of the main opposition and rounded up foreign journalists Thursday, indicating he may use violence to stay in power
Analysis: If its longtime President really is on his way out of power, the country could be headed for a rebirth
Anxiety was growing in Zimbabwe early Tuesday, three days after people in the African nation went to the polls to elect a new president and parliament.
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.
That's what the opposition claims after Saturday's election. But fears of vote rigging run high as the first results come in
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.
The discovery of millions of extra ballots proves that President Robert Mugabe intends to rig next week's elections in his favor, Zimbabwe's main opposition party said Sunday.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a new law that hands over majority ownership of all businesses to "indigenous" Zimbabweans.
A collapsing economy fuels a growing revolt within the top echelons of Zimbabwe's ruling party
Zimbabwe's main opposition group Wednesday said they will participate in presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March.
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.
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.
Four representatives of Zimbabwe's main opposition party were arrested this weekend as they tried to leave the country for neighboring South Africa, including one who said he was badly beaten, a spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change told CNN.
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.
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.
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 party has won enough seats to secure a two-thirds parliamentary majority and so change the constitution, according to news agency reports on Saturday.
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party has secured a majority in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to partial results.
Zimbabwe's opposition took an early lead in parliamentary elections with almost a quarter of results declared on Friday, but the first returns were mostly from its traditional urban strongholds.
There was a time when Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, was the hero of the nation and the darling of the West -- the man who over-rode the former Rhodesia's white colonial legacy and created a stable black majority democracy.
A spokesman for Robert Mugabe's party has branded a prominent Roman Catholic archbishop "a mad, inveterate liar" after he called for street protests aimed at overthrowing the long-time ruler.
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