Zimbabwe polls set for March 29
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Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe announced on Friday that the crisis-hit southern African country will stage a general election on March 29 when he will seek a sixth term in office.
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The United States expressed "serious concerns" Thursday about the March 29 general elections in Zimbabwe, a country it finds under constant repression from President Robert Mugabe's regime.
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Basic freedoms are being suppressed, advocates say, as Zimbabwe's president girds for elections that his government can't afford to lose.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is facing the most serious challenge to his 28-year rule as candidates including his own former finance minister register on Friday for a March 29 general election.
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Zimbabwe's elections next month will be free and fair as long as new laws on security and the media are fully implemented, South Africa's Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said on Monday.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 5 -- Former Zimbabwean finance minister Simba Makoni announced Tuesday that he will challenge President Robert Mugabe in the March elections, adding an unpredictable new element in Mugabe's bid to keep power after nearly 28 years.
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Three candidates for Zimbabwe's presidential election next month submit their papers on deadline day.
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The ruling party in Zimbabwe is due to begin a five-day congress at which the country's first woman vice president is likely to be elected.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reiterated on Thursday that foreign observers to next year&#39;s parliamentary election will come in strictly on the basis of invitation.
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JOHANNESBURG, March 12 -- Zimbabwe's opposition vowed Monday to continue ratcheting up pressure on President Robert Mugabe, as their most prominent leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, sat in prison with serious head injuries that have left him struggling to walk, talk or eat.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said elections will be held on time in his country on January 30 &quot;whatever the situation&quot;.
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The three candidates in Zimbabwe's presidential elections formally submitted their nomination papers on Friday at a special court in the capital Harare.
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Namibia&#39;s white farmers were braced for a Zimbabwe-style land grab after polls opened following the retirement of President Sam Nujoma.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change is to press on with a planned mass rally against President Robert Mugabe despite a police banning order, a party official said Monday.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s senate has approved legislation for joint presidential and legislative elections next year following a compromise between the opposition and government on constitutional reforms.
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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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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turns 84 on Thursday, defiant as ever but facing an unprecedented challenge in an election due next month.