Dec 03 Riots Break Out as Zimbabwe Faces Cholera Epidemic, Hyperinflation By PBS News Hour Doctors, teachers and union members clashed with riot police in the streets of Zimbabwe's capital of Harare as they protested the country's deepening economic meltdown and a cholera epidemic that has been blamed on poor infrastructure. Continue reading
Nov 20 South Africa Withholds Aid to Zimbabwe; Health Crisis Grows By PBS News Hour South Africa said Thursday it will withhold aid for Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place amid reports of a growing public health crisis and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's objections to a visit by former world leaders. Continue reading
Sep 15 Mugabe Agrees to Share Power Under New Zimbabwe Deal By PBS News Hour Zimbabwe's political rivals signed a landmark power-sharing agreement Monday that shows President Robert Mugabe of the ZANU-PF party loosening his grip on the economically ravaged country for the first time in nearly three decades. Continue reading
Sep 12 Mugabe, Opposition Leader Said to Reach Power-sharing Deal By PBS News Hour South African President Thabo Mbeki announced late Thursday that weeks of negotiations had produced a power-sharing deal between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his bitter rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Continue reading
Jul 29 Zimbabwe Talks Adjourn; Mbeki Denies a Deadlock By PBS News Hour South African President Thabo Mbeki denied Tuesday that talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had deadlocked, saying instead that the talks are "doing very well."… Continue reading
Jun 27 Turnout Low in One-Candidate Runoff in Zimbabwe By PBS News Hour Voter participation in a run-off election Friday, with only longtime President Robert Mugabe running, was reportedly light at many polling stations. Some of those who did vote said they were coerced -- fearing punishment or even death. Continue reading
Jun 13 War Veterans Ready to Fight for Mugabe in Zimbabwe Runoff By PBS News Hour Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said war veterans he commanded during his country's war for liberation are prepared to take up arms to prevent the opposition from winning a June 27 run-off presidential election. Continue reading
Jun 04 Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Tsvangirai Freed After Being Detained by Police By PBS News Hour Zimbabwe opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and several of his aides were detained at a police roadblock Wednesday ahead a run-off election later this month, his party said. Police later released Tsvangiari after holding him for eight hours. Continue reading
May 27 Zimbabwe Opposition Blasts Mugabe over Violence By PBS News Hour More than 50 people have been killed and 25,000 driven from their homes by political violence since Zimbabwe's contested March 29 election, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday. Continue reading
May 02 Zimbabwe Opposition: Results Are ‘Scandalous’ By PBS News Hour Zimbabwe's opposition party on Friday challenged results that say its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won the first round of the presidential election with 47.9 percent of the vote -- but not enough to avoid a runoff against President Robert Mugabe. Continue reading