Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Acquitted of Treason
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Zimbabwe&#39;s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted on Friday of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe and seize power, in a verdict that provides a major boost for the opposition.
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Lawyers said on Tuesday Zimbabwe police had defied a high court order granting them access to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and others who were arrested and allegedly tortured while in police custody.
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 20--A South African judge dismissed corruption charges on Wednesday against the nation's controversial former deputy president, Jacob Zuma. The decision was another victory in a remarkable political comeback by Zuma that his supporters hope will lead him to the presidency in...
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A Milan court today acquitted Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges - a major victory in the billionaire business baronâs decade-long battle with legal woes he blamed on left-wing prosecutors.
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Human rights activists and political analysts in South Africa are welcoming the acquittal of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who was found not guilty of treason by the Harare High Court on Friday.
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The U.N.'s International Criminal  Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday acquitted former  Rwandan education minister Andre Rwamakuba of murder and  incitement charges related to the country's 1994 genocide.
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The United States Friday welcomed the acquittal by Zimbabwe&#39;s high court of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on treason charges.
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Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason Friday in a stunning decision from a court system that routinely favors President Robert Mugabe&#39;s government.
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A Tanzanian accused of conspiracy in the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Dar es Salaam was acquitted on Wednesday. Rashid Saleh Hemed, 33, denied involvement in the Aug. 7, 1998
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The High Court of Zimbabwe here on Friday announced that the leader of the main opposition party, Morgan Tsvangirai, is acquitted of accusation of planning to kill President Robert Mugabe.
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A judge in Harare is expected to deliver his verdict in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s government has condemned the acquittal of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, saying a guilty man had been allowed to walk free.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe  - A court in Zimbabwe Friday  convicted the British leader of an alleged coup plot against  the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea on weapons  charges, but acquitted most of the 69 other men held with him.
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An Ethiopian court found exiled  former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of  genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
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A Harare court found opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai innocent of treason charges Friday, a major victory for a man who had claimed the case against him was a government bid to sabotage his political aspirations.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group accused of killing thousands, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government.
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THE VERDICT: A judge cleared opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason charges rooted in an alleged plot to assassinate Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe.