Acrimony over Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today told the British Broadcasting Corporation that "acrimony is over" between him and President Robert Mugabe. He made the remarks ahead of a tour of Europe and the US to garner support for his country's four-month-old power-sharing government. He is to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and United States President Barack Obama, among others. -4 June 2009
COMESA looking at aid package for Zimbabwe The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is preparing a financial rescue package for Zimbabwe to help the southern African nation to rebuild its shattered economy, reports said today. The 19-bloc is home to 400 million people, with a combined gross domestic product of US$350 billion. -3 June 2009
Nkomo ordered out A High Judge today ordered Tuesday ordered the deputy sheriff to evict ZANU-PF national chairman John Nkomo from Jijima lodge where he as been locked in a dispute with Langton Masunda over the past five years. -2 June 2009
People still flocking out The number of Zimbabweans entering South Africa illegally is increasing and many of them need health care, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said in Johannesburg today. "We do an average of 2000 consultations per month. It's not getting any better; it's been like this for quite some time. I would say it's actually increasing... Zimbabweans are still coming," it said. -2 June 2009
Zimbabwe needs $719 million aid Zimbabwe needs $719 million in urgent humanitarian help in an attempt to emerge from a decade of economic collapse, the United Nations said today. Aid agencies initially put the country's humanitarian needs at $550 million. - 1 June 2009
Gono, Tomana should go The Movement for Democratic Change today passed a resolution demanding the resignation of the central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney general Johannes Tomana saying their continued tenure was sowing conflict and division in the new unity government. The resolution was passed at the end of the party's annual conference which was attended by more than 1 000 delegates. - 31 May 2009
No going back-Tsvangirai Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said his party was struggling to deliver quick reforms in a new coalition government, but vowed that the democratization process was irreversible. He told the annual conference of the Movement for Democratic Change: "The limitations are not a result of lack of commitment, but a result of the limitations you find in a marriage of convenience." - 30 May 2009
Zimbabwe could attract $16bln in mining sector Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said Zimbabwe could attract up to US$16 billion in exploration and mining investment if it corrects policies that have scared away foreign investors. "Government has a window of opportunity to prepare a conducive policy environment by mid 2010, that could see Zimbabwe's minerals sector attracting between $6 billion and $16 billion in exploration and mine development during the 2011-2018 period," Tsvangirai told the Chamber of Mines. -29 May 2009
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