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Mon. September 16, 2024

Social Media: Africa: East Africa: Zimbabwe

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An Introduction to the Situation in Zimbabwe

By Dinoj Surendran Article on historical conditions that led to the current economic and political conditions in Zimbabwe.(01/06/2003, University of Chicago) Read More...

Economy: Zimbabwe Can’t Repay Loans

Article on the debt situation in Zimbabwe and it's impediment to national development. By Stanley Kwenda (Global Issues,07/06/2009) Read More...

Article on the state of Zimbabwe's government. By Robert Rotberg(Belfer Center,06/13/2009) Read More...

Bring Zimbabwe In From the Cold

Article on the challenges facing the unity government in Zimbabwe and how they can be overcome. By Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst(New York Times,05/27/2009) Read More...

The false unity in Zimbabwe

Article on the state of governmental affairs in Zimbabwe. By Robert I. Rotberg (Boston.com, 06/13/2009) Read More...

Nondumiso Gasa speaks at TransAfrica on Zimbabwe

Nondumiso Gasa visisted the Washington DC office of the TransAfrica Forum on 10 March to brief on her struggle to attract attention to the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. By Miss Nondumiso (The Afr... Read More...

A fresh start for Zimbabwe

The swearing-in of Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister of Zimbabwe opens a new phase in the country that Julius Nyerere once described as "the jewel of Africa". By Jorge Heine (CICG 02/15/2009) Read More...

Zimbabwe Is Dying

If you want to see hell on earth, go to Zimbabwe where the madman Robert Mugabe has brought the country to such a state of ruin... By Bob Herbert (The New Yok Times 01/16/2009) Read More...

Australia pledges aid to Zimbabwe

Australia says it will provide funding to Zimbabwe, the first Western country to announce aid to the government since the start of power-sharing last month. (BBC 03/11/2009) Read More...

Tsvangirai says crash an accident

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said the car crash that killed his wife Susan was an accident. (BBC 03/09/2009) Read More...

Zimbabwe diary: Fighting cholera

More than 3,300 people have died from the worst outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe's history, which has infected nearly 66,000 people. (BBC 03/05/2009) Read More...

Zim minister lashes out at UN rights chief

Zimbabwe's justice minister accused the UN's top rights official on Wednesday of undermining the African nation's new unity government by overly criticising it for alleged rights abuses. (Mail&Gua... Read More...

Britain lays out conditions for increasing Zimbabwe aid

Britain is ready to increase its aid to Zimbabwe but only if the new power-sharing government takes steps towards towards economic and human rights reform. By Ben Russell(The Independent,02/28/2009) Read More...

Mugabe vows to seize more farms

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has vowed to continue seizing land from white farmers after a spate of "farm invasions" over the past month. (BBC 02/28/2009) Read More...

Global, national efforts must be urgently intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, one of the world's largest ever recorded, is far from being brought under control. An enhanced response is needed to urgently reverse an epidemic that has so far infected ... Read More...

Last Ditch in Zimbabwe

Talk(s) may be cheap, but it’s all Zimbabwe has going for it. One problem along the way: South Africa is hardly an honest broker. By Jens F. Laurson & George A. Pieler (08/06/2008) Read More...

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The return of Mr Nyet

The Economist reports that Russia appears ready to use its veto more often on the UN Security Council, prompting fears of a diplomatic logjam. (Economist, 07/17/2008) Read More...

Ballots vs. Bullets in Kenya and Zimbabwe

In countries like Zimbabwe and Kenya, bolstering African institutions and pressuring them to uphold their protocols on human rights, elections and good governance is the best path to democracy. By Bri... Read More...

Why Africans keep quiet on Mugabe

Blessing-Miles Tendi argues that the reluctance of African leaders to denounce Mugabe stems from a uniquely African understanding of national sovereignty. (Guardian, 7/7/2008) Read More...

Negotiating Zimbabwe's Transition

Briefing argues that violence in Zimbabwe is likely to escalate unless African and other international leaders help negotiate a government of national unity led by Morgan Tsvangirai. (International C... Read More...

A TRC Process for Zimbabwe?

Authors discuss how Zimbabwe can best address past human rights abuses when a change in leadership eventually takes place. (Institute for Security Studies, S.A., 05/06/2008) Read More...

The dying kick of a tyrant

Mugabe has again rigged elections in Zimbabwe, and the author discusses the possible actions that could be taken by the international community. (The Independent, 04/13/2008) Read More...

Political Opposition in Zimbabwe

A discussion of political opposition leaders in Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai and Makoni. Will they have what it takes to defeat Mugabe in the march 29th Presidential elections? (The Herald 02/26/2008) Read More...

Alliance Rejected by Makoni

Zimbabwe's former Finance Minister, Simba Makoni, rejects the possibilty of establishing a political alliance with the Movement for Democratic Change in this month's elections. (VOA 02/26/2008) Read More...

Campaign Tactics of the Zimbabwean Opposition

The count down to the March 29th presidential elections has begun, but is the opposition utilizing its time effectively to garner support?(IWPR, 03/03/2008) Read More...

The UN’s Tyrant-Friendly Bureaucracy

The author describes Zimbabwe’s appointment to the head of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and explains why this is problematic given the current state of affairs in the African nation. ... Read More...

A Four-Step Recovery Plan for Zimbabwe

The author suggests four initial reforms that would help repair and resurrect the Zimbabwean economy and society in the post-Mugabe regime era. By Marian L. Tupy. (The American, 4/17/2007) Read More...

Mugabe's endurance

Author discusses Mugabe's presidency and the prospects for political change in Zimbabwe. By Rafael Broch. (IA-Forum, 03/15/2007) Read More...

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Zimbabwe’s Meltdown

The author describes the current state of Zimbabwe: high inflation, domestic calls for political reform, brutal crackdowns on opposition parties by the regime, and international pressure on the govern... Read More...

Fifa has to call Zimbabwe’s bluff

Zimbabwe’s tourist authority wants “to ensure benefits from the hosting of the World Cup by South Africa”. Fifa already pledges assistance for upgrading sports stadiums to that end. Maybe they should ... Read More...

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