Read more Zimbabwe elections stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27730/zimbabwe-elections.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:03:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37469/zimbabwe-leaders-sign-landmark-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagZimbabwe's rival political parties signed their landmark power-sharing deal today, in which Robert Mugabe will remain president while Morgan Tsvangirai will take on the new position of prime minister. The two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will receive a majority of cabinet posts, including the ministries responsible...http://www.newser.com/story/37469/zimbabwe-leaders-sign-landmark-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Sep 2008 6:57:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35746/despite-arrests-zimbabwe-opposition-elects-speaker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpposition groups in Zimbabwe's parliament today defeated the candidate for speaker put forward by President Robert Mugabe, electing instead a member of the Movement for Democratic Change, the Times of London reports. Though security forces arrested several MDC members ahead of the vote, MDC lawmakers sang anti-Mugabe songs in a...http://www.newser.com/story/35746/despite-arrests-zimbabwe-opposition-elects-speaker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34912/tsvangirai-barred-from-mbeki-meet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, was detained at the airport in Harare today and prevented from flying to South Africa. Authorities confiscated his passport, as well as the travel documents of fellow members of the Movement for Democratic Change, before letting him leave. Tsvangirai was to attend a...http://www.newser.com/story/34912/tsvangirai-barred-from-mbeki-meet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 8:37:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34793/zimbabwe-power-sharing-talks-stall-mbeki-leaves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth African president Thabo Mbeki today left Zimbabwe without a power-sharing deal, as official media reported that Robert Mugabe had struck an agreement with a breakaway leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, sidelining its leader Morgan Tsvangirai. A spokesman for the MDC splinter group told Bloomberg there was no...http://www.newser.com/story/34793/zimbabwe-power-sharing-talks-stall-mbeki-leaves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Aug 2008 10:42:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32891/zimbabwe-launches-100b-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagZimbabwe will introduce a new $100 billion bank note tomorrow to offset rampant inflation—a seemingly exorbitant sum that may not even buy a loaf of bread. The official annual inflation rate in the country tops 2,200,200%, but independent estimates peg the actual rate at many times higher....http://www.newser.com/story/32891/zimbabwe-launches-100b-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jul 2008 15:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32252/russia-china-nix-un-embargo-on-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussia and China today threw out a UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its violent presidential election, Reuters reports. Nine countries supported the US-backed sanctions, which would levied an arms embargo and restricted the travel and finances of officials, including President Mugabe. But five nations voted against it,...http://www.newser.com/story/32252/russia-china-nix-un-embargo-on-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jul 2008 18:41:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31800/south-africa-offers-zimbabwe-truce-proposal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth African president Thabo Mbeki has proposed a compromise in Zimbabwe’s political crisis: Let Robert Mugabe remain president in name, but hand power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as temporary prime minister, the Guardian reports. Members of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change were said to be largely satisfied with...http://www.newser.com/story/31800/south-africa-offers-zimbabwe-truce-proposal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Jul 2008 10:33:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31704/mugabes-bloody-path-to-victory-in-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, first learned he’d lost his March bid for re-election, he told supporters he’d concede–but they wouldn’t listen. Instead, Mugabe agreed to let the army swing the vote in his favor. Thus began a campaign of violent intimidation that ultimately forced his opponent to drop out....http://www.newser.com/story/31704/mugabes-bloody-path-to-victory-in-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Jul 2008 12:25:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31688/zimbabwe-film-shows-mugabe-election-rigging.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFilm shot secretly by a Zimbabwean prison guard shows how President Robert Mugabe’s party used intimidation to earn votes in last week's run-off election, the Guardian reports. In the footage, ruling party members watch as prison officials fill out their ballots and inspect the results. At a rally, party members...http://www.newser.com/story/31688/zimbabwe-film-shows-mugabe-election-rigging.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Jul 2008 7:38:42 CDT