Zimbabwe Elections

Thabo Mbeki: Personal defeat for deal broker

Zimbabwe crisis talks end in failure

Efforts by southern African leaders to end the Zimbabwe crisis by breaking the deadlock between President Robert Mugabe and his arch rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, failed last night.

Inside Zimbabwe Elections

Property prices are slashed but sales head for new low

Monday, 18 August 2008

Having previously tried to resist market forces, property sellers have begun aggressively to cut the asking prices for their homes, according to the online estate agency Rightmove.

Mbeki gets tough with Mugabe over Zimbabwe talks

Sunday, 17 August 2008

Mugabe and Tsvangirai meet neighbouring leaders as mounting crisis cracks traditional African solidarity

South Africa intervenes after Tsvangirai detained

Friday, 15 August 2008

Morgan Tsvangirai briefly became a prisoner in his own country when his travel documents were confiscated at Harare airport.

Leading article: Beware a despot bearing gifts of shared power

Friday, 15 August 2008

The Zimbabwe opposition should not be fooled by symbolism

Muriithi Mutiga: Opposition must make the most of its chance

Friday, 15 August 2008

Zimbabwe'S President, Robert Mugabe, has never passed up an opportunity to demonstrate his distaste for the negotiations aimed at ending the crisis in his battered country.

Zimbabwe blocks Tsvangirai from summit

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Zimbabwean authorities confiscated opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's passport today, preventing him from leaving the country to attend a regional summit in South Africa, an MDC official said.

Mugabe must back down, says rival

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, has refused to be pushed into a deal that would leave Robert Mugabe in effective control of the country. The man regarded by many as the president-elect said Mr Mugabe would have to cede power before any agreement on a government of national unity would be possible.