Ugandan opposition leader hit by presidential convoy
Mon, Dec 21, 2009
The vehicle in which Ugandan opposition politician Olara Otunnu was travelling was hit by a car belonging to the man he has vowed to help unseat, President Yoweri Museveni.
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MDC Councillor Arrested for Holding Rally
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Mudzingwa Bakare, the MDC councillor and District Chairman for Makoni South, was arrested on Sunday for holding an illegal rally.
Sudanese rebels free Zim woman
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
A CIVILIAN Zimbabwean peacekeeper held for more than 100 days by kidnappers in Sudan’s Darfur region has been freed, United Nations officials said.
Zimbabwe blitz victims remain homeless
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Harare - Four years after her house was demolished in a blitz by Zimbabwe's government, Chipo Chama still lives in a grass thatched shack struggling to find a better home for herself and her two children.
Bid to force arrest of Zimbabwe rights violators
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
ZIMBABWEAN human rights violators could lose the right to travel to SA if an appeal due to be brought in the North Gauteng High Court today succeeds in forcing the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to arrest known perpetrators who set foot in the country.
Talks to resume on Friday
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
THE inter-party talks to save the unity government, which adjourned last week due to the Zanu PF congress, are set to resume on Friday, amid reports that an announcement on progress in the talks will be made by the principals this week. President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara last week received reports from their party negotiators.
Batswana Government purges expatriate lecturers at UB
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
The University of Botswana is reportedly tottering on the brink of collapse following a fall out between the UB administration and expatriate lecturers, fuelled by government’s recent decision to deny expatriate lecturers exemption from the long and onerous process of applying for work and residence permits.
Skelemani rubbishes Zimbabwe government accusations
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
The Botswana Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, last week dismissed recent accusations of sabotage by the Zimbabwean government as a ploy to divert attention from the problems that are besieging the unity government.
