New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said a decision to convene Parliament was a repudiation of a deal that set the rules for talks to form a government with President Robert Mugabe and his party.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party resolved this week not to give in to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s demand for full executive power, a development that probably puts the last nail in the coffin of stalled power-sharing talks between the two rivals. Sources in ZANU PF told ZimOnline that the ruling party’s inner politburo cabinet met in Harare on Wednesday to receive a report...
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that if parliament was convened next week, mediators would have to deal with a violation of the agreed framework for power sharing talks.
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe’s rightful leader should not be bounced into a bad deal PRESSURE is mounting on Morgan Tsvangirai, who in a fair world would already be Zimbabwe’s leader, to compromise with the election-usurping Robert Mugabe, in order to forge a unity government to put Zimbabwe out of its misery. But hold on. A bad deal may well be worse than no deal, if it lets Mr Mugabe stay in power, with Mr Tsvangirai’s...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reuters - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that if parliament was convened next week, mediators would have to deal with a violation of the agreed framework for power sharing talks. Read the full story
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that if parliament was convened next week, mediators would have to deal with a violation of the agreed framework for power sharing talks.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
by Thulasizwe Simelane Zimbabwe's opposition MDC says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's tour of African countries is meant to complement and not replace President Thabo Mbeki's mediation efforts. The party says they will continue to seek the assistance of African states until the Zimbabwean crisis is resolved. Analysts say the tours by Tsvangirai may serve to put more pressure on the South African leader...
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
source: News24 18/08/2008 11:13 - (SA) Johannesburg - Southern African leaders are pressuring Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to accept a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, the local press reported on Monday. President Thabo “Mbeki turns up the heat on Tsvangirai”, said The Times in a headline, adding: “Zim opposition given ultimatum: sign deal [...]
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The Botswana foreign ministry has denied reports that the country is considering plans to grant Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, a diplomatic passport. There have been reports that the Zimbabwean government is refusing to renew his passport. Last week the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader's emergency travelling documents were confiscated at Harare airport. They were later handed...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will ask regional leaders to help resolve the deadlock in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe's party, an opposition spokesman said on Monday.
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
I salute Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC Opposition Party; they are holding out against tremendous pressure in their refusal to grant Mugabe’s Zanu-PF legitimacy by joining Zimbabwe’s Marxist, Zanu-PF Government in a so-called Government of National Unity. Mugabe and his friend, South Africa’s President Mbeki, want Tsvangirai to agree to serve as (a token) Prime Minister [...]
Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Efforts by southern African leaders to end the Zimbabwe crisis by breaking the deadlock between Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe and his arch-rival, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, failed last night.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
JOHANNESBURG — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to close a power-sharing deal at a conference of regional leaders here over the weekend — a deal that the mediator, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, had said was within reach.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
JOHANNESBURG — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to close a power-sharing deal at a conference of regional leaders here over the weekend — a deal that the mediator, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, had said was within reach.
The Star (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The Southern African Development Community has offered Morgan Tsvangirai a 50-50 power-sharing deal as prime minister with President Robert Mugabe, but the Movement for Democratic Change rejected this, offering the prime minister post to Mugabe instead.
