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"He is the institution that has run our country for the last 30 years. And look at the results: unprecedented levels of decay and misrule and repression. So he should be accountable." - Blasting Robert Mugabe and the ZANU-PF's refusal to release results of the Mar. 29 presidential election...
On Feb. 11, at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, the unthinkable will happen. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pronounced CHANG-guh-rye) will officially join president Robert Mugabe as the country's prime minister - a move that comes less than a month after a spokesman for Tsvangirai's party, the...
• Was imprisoned for six weeks in 1989 for allegedly spying for South Africa, and later acquitted of separate treason charges after being accused of plotting to assassinate Mugabe before the 2002 presidential election. Acquitted of treason again in 2004 following an 18-month trial for encouraging mass protests to...
• Survived a brutal attack by Zimbabwean police in March 2007 that drew worldwide condemnation and made Tsvangirai the face of Zimbabwean resistance; he has already survived 3 assassination attempts. After Mugabe called for a June 2008 runoff election, Tsvangirai fled the country amid police attacks against his supporters. According...
"The men had failed us. The solutions discussed weren't bread-and-butter issues, just power." - Magodonga Mahlangu, of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise! organization, recalling the 2002 election between Mugabe and Tsvangirai (New York Times, Oct. 18, 2008)