Zimbabwean Opposition to boycott election
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is calling on the Government to introduce electoral reform. The MDC says it will not take part in Zimbabwe&#39;s 2005 general election because the poll will not be free and fair.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai cancelled a planned mass rally in Harare after police blocked supporters from attending the gathering in defiance of a court order.
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Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe, accused of allowing attacks on his political opponents, appealed on Thursday to his supporters not to engage in violence in next year's elections.
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Zimbabwe's former finance minister to stand as independent in next month's election in the biggest internal challenge yet to President Mugabe
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The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas has urged its supporters to boycott next month&#39;s election of a new leader of the Palestinian Authority.
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President Robert Mugabe has set March 31  as the date for Zimbabwe's closely-watched parliamentary  elections, the official government gazette said on Tuesday.
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Maputo - Mozambique&#39;s defeated presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama on Wednesday refused to accept election results, saying the opposition would embark on protest action to &quot;restore justice&quot;.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader  Morgan Tsvangirai urged southern African countries on Tuesday  to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe to conduct free and  fair parliamentary elections in March.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on  Monday warned opponents not to hold anti-government protests,  saying they should instead support efforts to end an eight-year  economic recession.
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SADC leaders have indicated support for the opposition demands on the government to implement regional poll guidelines before the March 2005 general elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president, Morgan Tsvangirai, told a rally in Harare
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BAGHDAD, 26 November 2004 - Iraqâs Sunni Muslim political parties yesterday threatened to boycott the Jan. 30 election. âWe call for elections to be postponed for six months because the security situation
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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader took his campaign against President Robert Mugabe to Britain, rallying expatriates and declaring their destitute southern African country ready for "regime change".
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Zimbabwe&#39;s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) announced yesterday that it will boycott all future elections until President Robert Mugabe&#39;s government changes its electoral system, ends state violence and repeals repressive media
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has cancelled a mass rally in Harare after police used teargas and water cannon to disperse supporters in defiance of a court order.
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BAGHDAD: Iraqâs main Sunni Muslim political party threatened on Thursday to boycott the countryâs first free election if it goes ahead on January 30 as scheduled.
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Lebanese factions backed by Damascus are set to boycott a presidential election in parliament on Tuesday, blocking the anti-Syrian majority from choosing a new head of state.