Tag: president robert mugabe
Anger over Mugabe’s poll landslide
HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe looked set to extend his 33-year rule after winning a thumping parliamentary majority in…
Obasanjo led AU observers laud Zimbabwe polls
African Union poll observers, led by Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo, said Zimbabwe’s crunch presidential election Wednesday had so far…
Veteran Mugabe vows to ‘surrender’ if he loses vote
HARARE (AFP) – Veteran Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe pledged Tuesday to step down if he loses fiercely contested elections in…
Tsvangirai tells Mugabe not to ‘steal’ Zimbabwe vote
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday warned President Robert Mugabe not to “steal” a crunch vote next week, so…
Mugabe blasts ‘mad’ America over poll comment
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rebuked the “insane” US for criticising his push for elections without key reforms and…
Mugabe: ‘Whole country’ will vote for him, ZANU-PF
President Robert Mugabe kick-started his election campaign Thursday exuding confidence that Zimbabweans will vote to extend his 33-year rule when…
Mugabe dares partner, sets date for election
HARARE(AFP) – Zimbabwe was plunged into fresh political crisis Thursday as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to fight a unilateral…
Mugabe supporters stop US envoy’s speech
Rowdy supporters of President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday prevented the United States ambassador to Zimbabwe from addressing citizens in the…
Cash crunch makes Zimbabwe’s 2013 polls uncertain
Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold elections in 2013, Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, said on Friday, and appealed to the international…
Mugabe in Singapore for 2nd medical check
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe left for Singapore Monday for a “routine” check-up, the second health-related trip this year for Africa’s…
Mugabe blasts Cameron on gay rights
President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told British Prime Minister David Cameron “to hell with you” over his calls to respect…