Tag: Zimbabwe
Mugabe to US, UK: ‘Shame, Shame, Shame!’
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday berated the U.S. and former colonial power Britain and its allies for trying to…
64 elephants killed with cyanide in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean wildlife authorities will dispatch a team of experts to the country’s largest game park Saturday to investigate the poisoning…
Football: Zimbabwe shock Zambia, qualify for CHAN
Zimbabwe shocked Zambia 1-0 at the weekend to secure a place at the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament in…
Mugabe faces rigged poll backlash
HARARE, August 4, 2013 (AFP) – Robert Mugabe looked Sunday to a seventh term as Zimbabwe’s president after winning elections…
Zimbabwe: Electoral official quits,Tsvangirai to go court
A top Zimbabwean election official has resigned over the conduct of elections in an explicit condemnation of President Robert Mugabe’s…
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…
Obasanjo leads AU election monitors to Zimbabwe
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo will lead a team of 60 African Union monitors to Zimbabwe for the July 31…
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…
World Cup Qualifiers: Egypt keep perfect record
Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Egypt whipped Zimbabwe 4-2 Sunday to maintain a perfect 2014 World Cup qualifying record.…
University teacher jailed in Zimbabwe for Mugabe insult
A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe…
Zimbabwe voters ratify new constitution
Voters in Zimbabwe have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, the country’s election chief said on Tuesday while announcing final results…
Zimbabweans vote on a new constitution
Zimbabweans are voting today in a constitutional referendum, with many having not read the draft charter. A Harare-based businessman who…
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…
Zimbabwe disbands national team
Zimbabwe has dissolved the national football team for failing to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as a…
Nations Cup: Eagles To Camp In Zimbabwe
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are expected to camp in Zimbabwe few weeks before the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off…
Zimbabwe PM apologizes over love triangle
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday apologised for his affairs with two women whom he later…
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai still finds a way to marry his love
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his new fiancee held their wedding on Saturday despite a court order that cancelled…
Nigeria offers to help Zimbabwe conduct fair elections
Nigeria, the butt of international derision for successive poor national elections, until the 2011 polls, has offered to assist Zimbabwe,…
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…
Results for Nations Cup 2013 Qualifiers
Collated Africa Cup of Nations first round, second leg qualifying results Sunday: At Maputo Mozambique 1 (Sitoe 8) Tanzania 1…
Nigeria’s Falcons Defeat Zimbabwe’s Warriors
Bimbo Ajayi The Super Falcons of Nigeria Saturday evening walloped the Mighty Warriors of Zimbabwe 4-0 in an African Women…
AWC Qualifier: Falcons Confront Zimbabwe
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will confront Zimbabwe in an African Women championship qualifying match scheduled for Harare tomorrow. The Falcons who…
Ikhana Threatens To Quit
Chief coach of Super Falcons, Kadiri Ikhana, has threatened to resign his appointment if the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, assigned…
N11b Loan Scam: Saraki Keeps Detectives Waiting
Immediate past governor of Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, and now a serving Senator, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was expected…
Mugabe Not ill, say aides
Zimbabwean officials on Tuesday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was seriously ill in Singapore, saying he was well and…
U-20 Women W/Cup: Nigeria Beat Zimbabwe 3-0
Nigeria’s U-20 Women national team, the Falconets on Saturday at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, defeated Zimbabwe 3-0 in the…
U-20 Women W/Cup Qualifier: Abeokuta Agog For Falconets/Zimbabwe Tie
The city of Abeokuta, Ogun State will be agog tomorrow when Nigeria’s Falconets confront Zimbabwe in the first leg of…