Britain, S.Africa Renew Call for Fair Zimbabwe Polls
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CAPE TOWN/HARARE  - Britain and South Africa  called jointly Thursday for Zimbabwe to establish a conducive  environment for fair elections next year -- after the main  opposition party said it would boycott them.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- England&#39;s cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after authorities lifted a ban on 13 British journalists, but not in time to save Friday&#39;s opening one-day match in Harare.
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HARARE - The Zimbabwe government will not invite âimperialistâ countries to observe its elections due to be held in March next year, a Saturday newspaper quoted President Robert Mugabe as saying.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  discuss Sudan&#39;s Darfur conflict with Libyan officials and  consult South African President Thabo Mbeki about Zimbabwe  during a trip to Africa this week, an aide said on Tuesday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday on the last day of his farewell African tour, with Zimbabwe set to figure high on the agenda.
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Nelson Mandela hailed Tony Blair on Thursday as "very good friend" to Africa for the priority he has given the continent, while the outgoing British prime minister called on rich countries to fulfill aid pledges to the region.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on  Thursday appointed a new electoral commission to run  parliamentary polls due in March under a law which the  opposition says does not guarantee a free and fair vote.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown proposed new sanctions against Zimbabwe on Thursday and threatened to boycott an EU-African summit in December if its President Robert Mugabe attended.
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 18 -- A leading international research group urged southern African leaders Tuesday to offer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his closest allies amnesty from prosecution in exchange for political reforms that might end years of misrule.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has vowed to fight anyone who sought to grab the country&#039;s land or sell it, in a renewed attack on the international community and former colonial master Britain.
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President Thabo Mbeki called on Friday for a renewed effort to make rugby in South Africa truly multi-racial as he headed to Paris to rally the Springboks for their World Cup final showdown with England.
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(CPOD) Aug. 26, 2004 - Adults in Zimbabwe are divided over the performance of Robert Mugabe, according to the Afrobarometer conducted by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Ghanaâs Centre for
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party will  likely contest March elections but will delay a formal  announcement pending a visit by African experts to determine  whether free and fair polls can be held, party sources said.
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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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England&#39;s cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after Robert Mugabe&#39;s government lifted a ban preventing 13 British journalists from covering the five one-day internationals.
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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.