Articles related to "Robert Mugabe"



How Robert Mugabe Confronted his Enemies
President Robert Mugabe has shown a remarkable ability to handle opposition to his government at all levels. What are his strategies?
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How the West created Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe's survival is thanks to his ability to base his anti-western rhetoric on the evil of colonialism. He thus champions Africa's new a "look east" policy .
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Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is regarded as a former liberation hero in Africa, but now even some of his supporters say he must go - but when and how?
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Robert Mugabe: A Short History
With inflation sky-rocketing, little to no healthcare, a population of poor and underfed and now a cholera outbreak Robert Mugabe is again feeling pressured to step down.
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Warring, Voting, and Leading
Think of all the usual allegations that are part of a claim that some person or group is racist: "They discriminated!"; "They burned the home and the crops!"; "They have no clue about the true meaning of civil rights!". This is not a trek into the American south during the 1960s. This is what is happening now in southern Africa and more precisely in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe at the Brink: Famine and Unfair Elections
When the policy was announced, its dire cost was implied, but on the surface it seemed nothing more than a new quintessential Marxist gesture Robert Mugabe conjured to keep his power.
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Wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Dies
Susan Tsvangirai, the beloved and highly respected wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, was killed in a car accident on March 6, 2009.
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Mugabe Celebrates 83rd Birthday
Zimbabwe appears to be on verge of implosion. While the president reaffirmed his grip on the country, the IMF maintained its suspension of aid to the impoverished nation.
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Mugabe puts Zimbabwean Power Deal in Jeopardy
Zimbabwean Prime-Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has struck back at President Mugabe's seizure of key cabinet posts by threatening to pull out of the new power-sharing deal.
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Mugabe Warns Catholic Bishops
Religious leaders in Zimbabwe have become more critical of Robert Mugabe, culminating in an open letter written to the president over Easter. But Mugabe now fires back.
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World Cup Diplomacy: A Competition of Another Sort
How ironic that the 2003 cricket World Cup tournament hosted by South Africa should have as a rather inconvenient side show the troublesome matter of Robert Mugabe's racialist policies in Zimbabwe. How ironic as well that rather than grappling with the issue directly, the International Cricket Confederation should avoid the problem altogether by cancelling at least one match.
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Zimbabwe's New Power-sharing Deal
The agreement signed 17 September, 2008 aims to provide a basis from which an eventual resolution of the current political and socio-economic crisis can be achieved.
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai in Hospital
International leaders are outraged by what has happened recently in Zimbabwe. A police crackdown on a prayer rally highlights the deteriorating situation.
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How China Lures Africa
"We have turned east where the sun rises, and given our backs to the West where the sun sets." Defiant Robert Mugabe envisioned Africa in the hands of China.
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Mugabe Regime Bankrolled By British Companies
The U.S Treasury has blacklisted businessmen it believes are Mugabe supporters. A move that has embarrassed Britain. The news comes as cholera claims its 1000th victim.
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Southern Africa and a Girl from El Paso
People often ask me why I, a white girl with a Midwestern American cultural background, write about southern Africa. Last week, I realized that I love southern Africa because I grew up on the U.S.-Mexico Border. If this makes no sense, you haven’t lived on the U.S.-Mexico border or you haven’t lived here for very long....
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West Indian Cricket on Form
While the West Indians are giving their oposition a hard time, the South Africans have thumped Zimbabwe and the Currie Cup is heating up.
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Zimbabwe's Liberation War
This article describes the reasons for Zimbabwe's liberation war and the major events of the war leading up to Zimbabwe's Independence and the election of Robert Mugabe in 1980.
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China's Long Relationship with Africa
China's growing economy and interest in Africa is closely watched by the Western Superpowers, who question China's policies and motives on the continent.
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Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields
Little is known about Zimbabwe's diamond fields. It has the capacity to either solve the current humanitarian crisis or make the situation worse.
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Africa's Leadership Dilemma
Leadership in Africa is determined by a combination of forces. These include history, tradition and great power influence. These forces continue to shape African politics
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Baking Bread Using Brick Ovens and Bread Makers
Commercial bread, though expensive relative to wages, was a convenient breakfast food for the working urban population during the colonial era in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia.
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South Africa – Zimbabwe Relations under Mbeki
Throughout the difficult years of Zimbabwe's power struggle, South African President Thabo Mbeki insisted on a "silent diplomacy" towards Mugabe.
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Why Europe Lost Africa
The beginning of the 21st century has presented Africa with new choices of partners. It is important however, to examine why Europe lost Africa.
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World Economic Outlook 2009
Assessing the path to economic recovery, the challenges faced by Barack Obama, and how the current economic crisis threatens to dislocate international balances of power.
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The Rhodesians
A general history of white settler rule in Rhodesia from 1890 to its Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965.
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Foreign Journalism Update
An update on the perils of foreign journalism.
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The Order of Bath
Like most European nations, Great Britain maintains a number of Knightly Orders that it bestows upon those who have rendered great service to the country.
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Zimbabwean Journalist in Custody
Journalists Davison Maruziva and Howard Burditt were arrested Monday by the Zimbabwean government. Burditt was released Thursday while Maruziva remains jailed.
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2010 World Cup Tour Packages
Countries of Southern Africa will next year introduce a common visa that will enable tourists and sports fans travel easily during the 2010 MTN World Cup.
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20th Century Western Wars in Africa
A brief history of African involvement in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
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Bias in International News
Reporting of international conflicts often seems one-sided. The benefit of the doubt seems to go to the underdogs--unless they get too violent.
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Flower Named England Cricket Coach
Zimbabwean legend Andy Flower has been given the job of coaching England's cricketers full-time, after impressing the ECB during the recent tour of the West Indies.
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Nostalgic for Empire
Former Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has a new book out which argues that both world wars were unnecessary, and that the empires of Europe could still reign supreme
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The Distant Dream of African Development
The path to African development is the subject of debate between the Internalist and Externalist schools of development. Colonialism is the beginning of this debate.
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The Fearless Women of Zimbabwe
A movement started by a group of Zimbabwean women in 2003 is giving a voice to the millions of oppressed people who want a New Zimbabwe
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The Situation in Zimbabwe
With Zimbabwe just coming out of another major election tension increases between President Mugabe and the international community.
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The United States of Africa
"We ask all the heads of state to hold a referendum so that they will see that all the people want a United States of Africa" -Moamer Gaddafi
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A New Dawn in U.S. – Zimbabwe Relations
Zimbabweans are beginning to see the fruits of Obama's inauguration promise. "We pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow ...."
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Arguments For and Against Mugabe's Land Policy
The debate about land reforms in Zimbabwe rages on. Mugabe defends his reforms on grounds of equality. His detractors see them as instruments of revenge pure and simple.
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Beijing Olympics Arouse National Anxiety
With U S President George Bush & some world leaders refusing to fully boycott the Olympic Games, Friday's statement by President Hu Jintao hinted China remains concerned.
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Ben Silverman Bids Farewell to NBC
After two years of languishing in last place, Ben Silverman and NBC parted ways this week. New shows weren't catching on, and old favorites aren't highly rated either.
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China's Military Presence in Africa
The sale of arms constitutes a significant part of what is known today as Sino-African trade. How has this trade evolved since the Cold War?
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Debt, AIDS, and Western Civilization
The main topics at the G8 meeting this week in Edinburgh are debt relief and ending poverty in the developing states. These are not problems a G8 session can settle.
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Free Education For All in Zimbabwe
President Mugabe received awards from the West for his achievements in African education but his efforts were inadequate and misguided, even disastrous.
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How Zimbabwe Left the Commonwealth
The "Harare Declaration" made Zimbabwe the pivot of Commonwealth diplomacy in Africa in the 1990s. How and why then did Mugabe walk Zimbabwe out of the Commonweath?
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Mugabe, from Constitutionalism to Radicalism
Land reforms have gone through three distinct phases in Zimbabwe since 1980. These include the Constitutional, Transitional and the Radical phases.
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Regime Change Failure in Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai set out to remove and replace Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwean leader. After 10 years of trying he became prime minister to his nemesis. How did that happen?
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Revisiting the Story of Land Reforms in Zimbabwe
Analyzing the basis of Mugabe's land reform policy is very inportant in shedding light on the driving forces behind these reforms. Key issues are revenge and socialism.
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The EU Engages Mugabe in Dialogue
After years of intense hostility, Mugabe and the EU have met to reconcile their differences. What are the reasons and significance of this EU-Zimbabwe rapprochement?
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