The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights

Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009:

IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act regulations, documents in the possession of the Zimbabwe Independent

The United Kingdom Border Agency has suspended scheduled deportation flights for failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers, following strong protestations by the MDC-UK.

Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) last night ended its boycott of the new unity government but will give President Robert Mugabe a month to fully implement a power- sharing deal, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said.

Sadc leaders yesterday convinced MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to end his party's "disengagement" from the inclusive Government following a mini regional summit here.

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that his party would end its boycott of the country's unity deal and give President Robert Mugabe's party 30 days to fulfill its commitments under their power-sharing agreement.

ZIMBABWE is presently saddled with a US$5,7 billion debt that is impacting adversely on the economy, but we need to handle the issue more soberly and ensure that we employ debt settlement strategies that will not prove costly in the

A SADC Summit on Zimbabwe, aimed at reviving the troubled inclusive government, kicked off in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday.

Advocacy group the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), has called on SADC leaders to send a monitoring force into Zimbabwe, until a free and fair election to be held in 2011.

Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country

Zimbabwe's feuding political leaders are in Maputo, Mozambique for a Southern African Development Community (SADC) defence and security organ summit that will seek to end the three-week impasse in Harare's fragile coalition.

The government's campaign to lobby for support of the country's continued participation in the global diamond trade has paid off, with the country escaping a ban by international diamond regulatory body, the Kimberley Process.

ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country.

Government will this year make farming inputs available to farmers at reduced prices for the summer cropping season in a bid to end donor dependency, President Mugabe has said.

The MDC are saying that they are happy with the SADC Summit and that Mugabe has a 30 day deadline to implement the GPA.

Pascal Gwezere, the MDC Transport Manager who was abducted at gunpoint from his house in Harare last Tuesday, has made another appearance in court. He first appeared in court last Saturday, four days after he went missing. He is being

The regional SADC Troika summit held in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday toughened up its stance on Zimbabwe by giving all parties the 6th December as the deadline to implement all outstanding issues.

A 79 year old widow has been given a month to vacate her dairy farm and home of 50 years, or face a jail term, after she was convicted earlier this year for failing to vacate her farm.