Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Demands Peace-Keeping Force For The Country’s Next Elections
As the brutal dictator Mugabe, plans to run for another term in office, Zimbabwe’s articulate Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has said that the country should invite international observers and a peacekeeping force to help ensure that the next national general election is free and fair. Mr. Tsvangirai who was addressing a party rally just outside [...]
Mugabe – The Ruthless Dictator has Plans to Stand For Re-election in Zimbabwe
The shameless and brutal dictator in Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday he would stand for re-election if his party decides to nominate him. Having been in power for over 30 years in which period he has oppressed his people and strangled all forms of democracy in the country, this pathetic octogenarian does not [...]
No End to Zimbabwe Sanctions
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he wanted to see further progress on human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe before the European Union lifts sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his allies. The Prime Minister defended sanctions on Zimbabwe after holding talks with South African President Jacob Zuma. The South African President who has [...]
Sanctions on Zimbabwe are Extended By U.S. President Barack Obama
The dictator in Zimbabwe who recently had nothing to celebrate on his 86th birthday is coming under intense pressure from the international community once again. The U.S. President Barack Obama has made a decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwe’s corrupt President Robert Mugabe and his key supporters for another year. In a statement on Monday, [...]
CPJ: Zimbabwe Courthouse Filming Lands Journalist in Jail
A Zimbabwean freelance journalist was arrested today for the third time this year—this time for taking footage of prisoners outside a courthouse in the capital, Harare, according to local journalists. Officers of Zimbabwe’s Prison Service arrested Andrison Shadreck Manyere, an award-winning photojournalist and videographer, after he filmed the arrival of several men imprisoned since 2007 [...]
Kenya and Malawi Strengthen Trade Ties
Kenya and Malawi governments have been challenged to chart the way towards accomplishing the task of realizing the full potential of the business opportunities that exist between the two countries. Noting that trade and investment potential between the two countries is immerse, both Malawian Minister for Trade and Industry Eunice Kazembe and her Kenyan counterpart [...]
South Africa is Not Ready to Host the World Cup – According to FIFA
It has come to light that South Africa is not ready to host the 2010 World Cup just over three months before the tournament kicks off according to FIFA, football’s world governing body. FIFA’s secretary general, Jerome Valke, told a news conference on Tuesday that the main venue in Johannesburg, Soccer City, was yet to [...]
Zimbabwe Sanctions Will Go on for Another Year
According to the European Union, the sanctions on Zimbabwe will continue for another year. In a statement, the EU said it will extend its sanctions on the Southern African country for another 12 months, citing a lack of progress in implementing the agreed power-sharing accord. Since its formation last year, the unity government established between [...]
Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems
Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister has reportedly said that early elections could be the only way to solve the country’s political problems. The Prime Minister made the statement during an interview with the Voice of America. He said talks about fully implementing the agreement that brought about Zimbabwe’s unity government, are unlikely to resolve [...]
Focus on South Africa as Minister’s Wife is Arrested on Drug Offences
Sheryl Cwele, the wife of South Africa’s intelligence minister, Siyabonga Cwele, has been arrested on drug-dealing charges. She has been charged with hiring the services of a woman to collect drugs in Turkey and arranging with another woman to smuggle cocaine from Brazil. She was arraigned in court charged with conspiring to bring cocaine into [...]
