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Robert Mugabe in Rome for UN food summit
Robert Mugabe arrived in Rome on Saturday for a United Nations summit on food, the ANSA agency reported. The controversial Zimbabwean leader is banned from visiting the EU apart from for international meetings.
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DR Congo - Zimbabwe
UN mission under fire for turning a blind eye in the DRC
In this Edition: The UN mission in the DRC is under fire for turning a blind eye to abusive military operations; will Madagascar emerge from crisis; and a report on Zimbabwe's fragile unity government.
ZIMBABWE
Roy Bennett's terrorism trial adjourned until Wednesday
The trial of Roy Bennett, an ally of PM Morgan Tsvangirai, opened in Harare before being adjourned until Wednesday. Bennett, who faces terrorism charges, has been in and out of jail since returning to Zimbabwe to join a national unity government.
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ZIMBABWE
Tsvangirai ally Bennett goes on trial for terrorism
The trial for terrorism of Roy Bennett, an ally of PM Morgan Tsvangirai, opens in Harare on Monday. Bennett, a white former coffee farmer, has been in and out of jail since returning to Zimbabwe in February to join a national unity government.
ZIMBABWE
Tsvangirai ends boycott of unity government, but faces a deadline for a deal
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) suspended his boycott of a unity goverment deal with President Robert Mugabe that had paralysed the nation, but both leaders face a 30-day deadline to reach an accord.
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ZIMBABWE
Expelled UN expert says unity government is not working
UN torture expert Manfred Nowak (pictured), who was expelled from Zimbabwe on Wednesday, said that the union government of authoritarian President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai "does not function".
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ZIMBABWE
UN torture expert barred from entering country
The United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak (pictured) who was barred from entering the country by Zimbabwean security agents Wednesday, is being sent back to South Africa.
ZIMBABWE
Political deadlock deepens after Tsvangirai-Mugabe meeting
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) are "worlds apart", a spokesman for the prime minister said after a meeting to find a way out of political deadlock.
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ZIMBABWE
Police raid prime minister's party's property, MDC source says
Armed police have raided a house belonging to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party in a new threat to the country's faltering unity government, a party official said.
ZIMBABWE
MDC official Bennett released on bail, trial to begin next week
Roy Bennett (pictured), an MDC party official who is facing terrorism charges, was released on bail Friday pending trial. Party leader Morgan Tsvangirai earlier said he would boycott the unity government formed with President Robert Mugabe.
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