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WikiLeaks Could Get a Good Man Executed

Kevin Spak — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:01:05 CST

Julian Assange once boasted that “there has never been a single report of any of our documents causing physical harm to any single person.” Tell that to Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwe prime minister who faces potentially lethal treason charges thanks to one leaked cable. A document last week revealed that...

Zimbabwe's PM May Face Treason in WikiLeaks Fallout

Matt Cantor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:03:24 CST

Zimbabwe’s prime minister could face treason charges over material in WikiLeaks’ cable releases, the Guardian reports. One leaked cable suggests Morgan Tsvangirai said sanctions against his country “must be kept in place.” Now the attorney general is planning an investigation. “The WikiLeaks appear to show a treasonous collusion between local...

Tsvangirai Boycotts Unity Government in Zimbabwe

Harry Kimball — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:25:32 CDT

Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai’s party will boycott Cabinet meetings and cut off communication with president Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, theoretically its partner in government. The move accompanies growing anger among members of Tsvangirai’s MDC over Mugabe’s strong-arm tactics and the jailing of a Cabinet minister-designate, the New York Times reports.

US Aims to Help Zimbabwe, Not Mugabe

Matt Cantor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:12:01 CDT

With Zimbabwe’s prime minister visiting President Obama today, the key question is how the West can help Morgan Tsvangirai without boosting Robert Mugabe. Under the government's power-sharing agreement, the president retains control of the police, justice system, spy service, and media, writes Celia Dugger in the New York Times . “The...

Zimbabwe Unity Government Divided Over 2 Key Posts

Clay Dillow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:54:19 CDT

The appointment of two key officials has become a sticking point in the tenuous power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Reuters reports. The rivals can’t agree on an attorney general or central bank chief, and Tsvangirai has called upon the Southern African Development Community...

Tsvangirai Crash Was No Accident: MDC

Wesley Oliver — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:16:23 CDT

The car crash that killed Morgan Tsvangirai's wife last month may not have been accidental, the BBC reports, citing early reports from the investigation. Tsvangirai’s political party suspects the collision with a USAID truck was engineered to kill the Zimbabwean PM after he entered a power-sharing agreement with President Robert...

Mugabe Aides Use Violence in Bid for Amnesty

Amelia Atlas — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:40:15 CDT

Aides to Robert Mugabe, fearing that the end is near and they will be prosecuted for their misdeeds, are trying to gain leverage through familiar means—abduction and torture, the New York Times reports. The strategy seems to boil down to this: Jail as many opposition figures as possible on...

Tsvangirai's Grandson Drowns in Pool

Katherine Thompson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:48:11 CDT

The 3-year-old grandson of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was found dead in the family pool in Harare on Saturday, the Guardian reports. Sean Tsvangirai and his parents were visiting from Canada for the funeral of Susan Tsvangirai, Sean’s grandmother and Morgan’s wife, killed in a March car accident. “It’s...

Zimbabwe Frees Cabinet Nom From Prison

Jason Farago — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:14:51 CDT

A Zimbabwean cabinet nominee from Morgan Tsvangirai's party was released from custody today, a day after the country's supreme court ordered his release on bail. Roy Bennett, Tsvangirai's nominee for agriculture secretary in the new unity government, was arrested last month and charged with plotting terrorism, sabotage, and other crimes....