Ending 48 hours of delays, Zimbabwean power-sharing talks between the country’s ruling ZANU-PF party and both formations of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change got under way Thursday at an undisclosed location in the South African capital of Pretoria. Political analyst John Makumbe of the University of Zimbabwe discusses the talks with Blessing Zulu of [...]

Zimbabwe’s main opposition is preparing to hold formal talks with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party, in an effort to end the country’s political crisis.
Officials for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) say party leaders are expected to sign an agreement to start formal negotiations with the ruling Zanu-PF party as early as Monday.
The breakthrough [...]

Someone recently asked me what the reasons why Zimbabwe is in such a terrible economic situation are. I’m posting here my top ten causes of political failure in the small southern African state. These are not exclusive. I invite anyone reading the list to add their thoughts and express their feelings towards the list or [...]

Africa researcher Emira Woods of Washington’s Institute for Policy Studies has been following the Liberian leader’s efforts to raise conditions for African rulers to achieve power and govern their people through democratic means. She points out that Mrs. Sirleaf is one of a growing number of African voices to speak out for the people of [...]

A Security Council draft resolution to impose severe sanctions on Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, and some of his closest allies was just vetoed by Russia and China. Both powers have argued that such measures are not necessary. Rarely do super-powers veto resolutions. However, the fragrant difference of opinion between the “West” and the “East” is [...]

The already high levels of politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe’s rural areas are escalating, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change told IRIN.
Violence surged in the aftermath of the 29 March elections, in which ZANU-PF lost it majority in parliament for the first time since independence from Britain in 1980, and its leader, Robert Mugabe, come [...]

A spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has rejected criticism of the country’s presidential election, saying those who call the vote illegitimate can ‘go hang’.
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