Zimbabwe News

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On Friday the Supreme Court reserved judgement in the case in which a Harare man was seeking an order force President Mugabe to announce the date for elections.

Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013.

Soft-focus documentary catches Robert Mugabe over lunch with his wife and children, talking of love, family, politics and Tony Blair Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with first lady Grace Mugabe at his 89th birthday celebration in February.

The Movement for Democratic Change has adjusted policies in its election manifesto but is this enough to win against Zanu-PF later this year? New and improved? MDC Women's League delegates dance during part of the programme of the party's policy conference in Harare.

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The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations constitutionally required.

A rights activist, who is living with HIV, filed a test case in the newly constituted Constitutional Court on Thursday to highlight the challenges and ill treatment facing people living with the virus in the country's prisons.

The new constitution limits future presidents to two five-year terms. The provision limiting presidential terms will not apply retroactively, so the 89-year-old Mugabe will be able to run in the next election [Reuters report] and potentially continue to serve as president for the next decade.

The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man.

Zimbabwe and China on Wednesday signed two agreements that will see Beijing releasing at least US$32 million to Harare, Zimbabwe's news agency, New Ziana, reported.

With several low-key, but unmistakable gestures, the United States has signaled that it is moving toward normalizing relations with Zimbabwe, the former White minority-rule nation once known as Rhodesia.

Efforts by Dr Simba Makoni's political party to hold discussions with the Norton community a fortnight ago were thwarted, after police went back on their word and withdrew clearance.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year.

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The Public Order and Security Act gives untold power to the police, and many have claimed that President Robert Mugabe has used the country's security forces to intimidate his opposition.

Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa.

A Zimbabwean mother arrives to collect her monthly rations of food aid from Rutaura Primary School in the Rushinga district of Mt Darwin about 254km north of Harare March 7, 2013.

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The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man.