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  ZIMBABWE

  Parliament paves way for unity deal

  Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment paving the way for political rivals Robert Mugabe (photo) and Morgan Tsvangirai to share power.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Opposition to forge unity government with Mugabe

  Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said his party will join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe in mid-February. The announcement comes more than four months after the initial power-sharing agreement.
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  ZIMBABWE

  New alarm as cholera epidemic reaches 60,000

  The World Health Organization said Friday that Zimbabwe's cholera cases now exceed 60,000, once again sounding the alarm for an epidemic expected to worsen with the rainy season. More than 3,000 have died from the disease so far.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Tsvangirai unhappy with Mugabe's 'new chapter' deal

  The opposition MDC called the power-sharing deal "far short" of their expectations, even as Robert Mugabe called it a "new chapter" for Zimbabwe. Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in as prime minister by Feb. 11, according to regional mediators.
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  ZIMBABWE

  SADC says Tsvangirai should be sworn in by Feb. 11

  Zimbabwe Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn into office by Feb. 11, a Southern African Development Community summit said Tuesday. But Tsvangirai says he is disappointed with the power-sharing deal now in place.
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  ZIMBABWE

  EU to tighten sanctions on Zimbabwe

  The European Union announced it would enforce tighter sanctions against Zimbabwe on Monday. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation reported that over 50,000 people in Zimbabwe are affected by cholera.
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  INFLATION

  14 zeros for Zimbabwe's new banknote

  Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank announced a new 100 trillion dollar note to keep pace with hyperinflation. President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a new round of talks with regional leaders about the country's economy.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Ignoring deal with MDC, Mugabe moves to form new government

  Defying a power-sharing deal signed on September 15 with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe seems intent on forming a new government giving the opposition a minor role only.
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  MUGABE

  'Zimbabwe is mine,' Mugabe tells ruling party

  President Robert Mugabe told his ruling party's annual conference that "Zimbabwe is mine," adding that he was not intimidated by increasing calls for him to step down amid a raging cholera epidemic and runaway inflation.

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  ZIMBABWE

  South African opposition blocks UN condemnation of Mugabe

  Hours after the United Nations reported that the cholera death toll in Zimbabwe had reached 978, the UN security Council failed to issue a resolution on the humanitarian crisis due to South Africa's opposition.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Mugabe rejects Western pressure to quit

  Despite rampant inflation, a cholera epidemic and crumbling infrastructure, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe rejected calls from world leaders, including Nicolas Sarkozy and George W. Bush, to stand aside.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Cash-strapped Zimbabweans vent frustration at banks

  While demonstrations struggled to draw huge crowds in Zimbabwe, labour activists hoped Zimbabweans would descend en masse on the country's banks on Dec. 3 to protest against crippling government-imposed withdrawal limits.
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  ZIMBABWE - POLITICS

  Zimbabwe's opposition leader calls for truth commission

  Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean opposition leader currently negotiating a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, called for the creation of a truth commission to examine atrocities in the country dating back to the 1980s.

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  THE WEEK IN AFRICA

  Zimbabwe's historic power-sharing deal

  Our weekly show focuses on the giant leap in Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks. After more than 28 years of unbroken power, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has reached a historic agreement with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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  ZIMBABWE

  Zimbabwe's parliament sworn in next week

  Zimbabwe's government plans to convene parliament next week despite a deadlock in talks to end a post-election political crisis that has worsened the country's economic decline.
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  UN - ZIMBABWE

  Zimbabwe happy with 'victory over racism'

  Zimbabwean officials have welcomed the failure of a UN Security Council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on the country in the wake of presidential elections marred by widespread violence, calling it a victory over racism.
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  ZIMBABWE - UN

  UN sanctions against Mugabe's regime halted

  China and Russia have vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution aiming to impose targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe over President Robert Mugabe's disputed re-election.
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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTION

  Zimbabwe tells world to 'stop meddling'

  Mugabe's political allies told Western powers to stop meddling in the country's domestic affairs, warning it could only worsen the prospects of finding a political solution to the election crisis. (Report: E. Irvine)
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  Zimbabwe - elections

  Footage exposes ‘vote-rigging’ for Mugabe

  A Harare prison guard filmed himself being forced to vote for President Robert Mugabe in elections in the latest evidence of vote-rigging, according to a British newspaper report.
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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTIONS

  Zimbabwe hails AU resolution on unity government

  A day after the African Union concluded a bi-annual summit calling for dialogue between Zimbabwe’s political foes, Zimbabwe’s information minister welcomed the resolution, saying the government was ready for dialogue.

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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTION

  Mugabe wins Zimbabwe run-off vote

  Official results say Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has won the one-man run-off elections in eight of the country's ten provinces by huge margins. Mugabe was sworn in on Sunday at a ceremony in his official residence.

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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTION

  Reports: low turnout in Zimbabwe's one-man election

  Early turnout is "low" in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off after Tsvangirai withdrew from the race, says an electoral observer in an interview with FRANCE 24. The leader of the opposition called on voters to abstain unless their lives are at risk.

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  REPORTERS – ZIMBABWE

  Zimbabwe, a nation in exile

  After a wave of xenophobic violence rattled South Africa in May, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean refugees were left homeless. We met a number of refugees who found shelter with the Methodist Church in Johannesburg.
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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTION

  Ban urges Zimbabwean runoff vote delay

  UN chief Ban ki-Moon said Zimbabwe’s June 27 presidential poll runoff should be put off following the escalating violence, which has led opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to seek refuge in the Dutch embassy. (Report: C.Norris-Trent and Y.Royer)

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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTION

  Tsvangirai quits because 'votes would cost lives'

  Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed his decision to quit the race before the June 27 run-off election, urging the UN and African Union to 'intervene and stop the genocide.'
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  FR24 REPORT - ZIMBABWE

  Trapped in a Harare nightmare

  Less than one week before Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election, opposition members from the Movement for Democratic Change are being violently targeted by ruling-party militias. (Report: A. Duval Smith and E. Jongwe)

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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTIONS

  Mugabe blocks opposition, suspends NGOs

  As Zimbabwean police detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for the second time in a week, President Robert Mugabe ordered NGOs to halt work over accusations they were biased toward Tsvangirai.
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  ZIMBABWE

  Tsvangirai returns home to Zimbabwe

  After cancelling his homecoming last week over an assassination plot, Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned home Saturday ahead of an election runoff with President Mugabe. (Story: C. Westerheide, M.-N. Bauer)
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  ZIMBABWE - UNREST

  Doctors decry a dramatic rise in violence in Zimbabwe

  A coalition of doctors are blaming Zimbabwean security services and hardline supporters of President Robert Mugabe for a dramatic rise in violence and torture amid post-election tension between Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
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  ZIMBABWE - VOTE

  One month on, Zimbabwe still in the dark

  Verification of Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election results is due to start, a month after the vote, now that a partial recount has ended. Zimbabwe's main opposition leader called on President Robert Mugabe to step down.
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  ZIMBABWE - ELECTIONS

  Opposition contests vote recount

  As the Zimbabwean opposition contests the vote recount demanded by incumbent President Robert Mugabe's party, the Southern African Development Community summit called for "expeditious" verification and release of the election results.

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  ZIMBABWE

  Zimbabwe’s impoverished 'millionaires'

  As a presidential election in Zimbabwe looms, President Robert Mugabe's real challenge could be the hyperinflation that currently sits at 100,000%.