Morgan Tsvangarai

Zimbabwe Premier Reverses Stance On Gay Rights

Posted 12.24.2011

Though he's previously supported his country's notoriously hostile stance on gays and lesbians, Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai now says he ...

Zimbabwe May Emulate Tunisia, Egypt, Libya...

Clarence Lusane | Posted 05.25.2011

Clarence Lusane

The likely fall of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is not a good sign for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. No other international figure has been more politically and economically friendly to Mugabe than he.

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe PM, Boycotts Unity Government

AP | CHENGETAI ZVAUYA | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Citing the "persecution" of a top aide, Zimbabwe's prime minister abandoned – at least temporarily – shared rule ...

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Tsvangirai: Mugabe 'Violated' Power Sharing Deal

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday accused President Robert Mugabe of violating their power-sharing deal, as thousands rallied to mar...

Politics is Difficult and Dirty. And a Noble Calling

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Christina Patterson

If Alan Duncan and his ilk think it's tough to be a politician, they might give some thought to Morgan Tsvangirai.

Thamsanqa Mahlangu: Zimbabwe Minister Arrested Over Stolen Cellphone Prompts Concerns Of Opposition Harassment

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Zimbabwe's deputy youth minister was arrested Tuesday over a stolen cellphone prompting a warning by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party that its...

Zimbabwe 'National Healing' Campaign Unites Mugabe, Tsvangirai

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's coalition government launched a campaign of "national healing" and reconciliation on Friday, with political leader...

Mugabe Loyalists Break Up Zimbabwe Constitutional Convention

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

A conference aimed at drawing up a new constitution for Zimbabwe has ended in chaos after supporters of Robert Mugabe, the president, disrupted the pr...

Tsvangirai Mulls Leaving Mugabe Coalition Government

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's former opposition party said Monday it would boycott the next Cabinet meeting and was considering disengaging from...

Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe's Reforms Are Underway

Sky News | Posted 05.25.2011

Mr Tsvangirai was speaking in London as he wrapped up a tour of the United States and Europe. After talks in Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Br...

Obama, Tsvangirai Meeting Rankles Mugabe Allies

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The warm Western welcome Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been receiving is rankling some of his governing partners, stat...

Obama, Tsvangirai Meeting: Obama Expresses 'Extraordinary Admiration'

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to bolster Zimbabwe's prime minister Friday while withholding support for his coalition government. ...

Tsvangarai Meets Obama Friday To Discuss US Aid

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

JOHANNESBURG -- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is on his first official visit in Washington this week with a decidedly difficult sales pi...

Zimbabwe's New Finance Minister Comes To Washington To Plead Heart-Wrenching Case

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Human Rights Watch

After years of being looted by Mugabe, Zimbabwe is dead broke. More than half the population is surviving on international food aid and unemployment stands at more than 90 percent.

Tsvangirai Crash Probe Initial Findings Suggest May Not Have Been Accident

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Early reports from an investigation by Zimbabwe's MDC suggest that a car crash which killed PM Morgan Tsvangirai's wife may not have been accidental....

Mugabe Aides Said To Use Violence, Torture To Gain Amnesty For Past Crimes

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

President Robert Mugabe's top lieutenants are trying to force the political opposition into granting them amnesty for their past crimes by abducting, ...

Zimbabwe Kick-Starts New Government

GlobalPost | Erin Conway-Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE -- Nelson Chamisa catches his breath as he flops onto a couch at the end of another long day in Zimbabwe's new government. Chamisa, a Moveme...

Zimbabwe's Poor Healthcare System Causing Humanitarian Crisis

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

NYCity News Service

The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.

Morgan Tsvangirai's Grandson Dies, One Month After Wife's Death

ZimOnline | Posted 05.25.2011

The four-year-old grandson of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai drowned in a swimming pool at the family's home in Harare at the weekend, hi...

'Hell Hole' Documentary Reveals Heinous Conditions In Zimbabwean Prisons

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

JOHANNESBURG — Newly released images that provide a rare look inside a Zimbabwean prison show emaciated inmates too weak to stand and eating as ...

Zimbabwe: Farm Invaders Will Be Arrested

Reuters | MacDonald Dzirutwe | Posted 05.25.2011

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday warned people invading commercial farms that they were committing theft and would be arrested an...

Mugabe Refusing To Swear-In Roy Bennett: MDC Officials

allAfrica | Posted 05.25.2011

It's reported that Robert Mugabe is refusing to swear in Roy Bennett, the MDC Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate, to the new coalition governmen...

Zimbabwe: Roy Bennett Freed From Jail He Calls 'Hell'

Mail and Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Roy Bennett, a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, was released on bail on Thursday after a legal battle that has raised doubts about Zimba...

Zimbabwe Crash: Tsvangirai Rules Out Foul Play

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's prime minister said Monday that a car crash that killed his wife was an accident and that there was "no foul play"...

Tsvangirai's Wife Killed In Car Crash

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: The New York Times has further details on the suspicious nature of the car crash that has taken the life of the wife of Zimbabwe's prime mini...