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| Zimbabwe: Presidential Election | | Last Updated 11/02/2010 20:40:00 |
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 | Sanctions against Zimbabwe extended | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA)- The Committee of permanent representatives from Europe
an Union member countries has decided to extend the targeted sanctions against Z
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mbabwe, official sources said in Brussels on Thursday.
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| Zimbabwe paper implores Obama to lift sanctions | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper
Thursday implored US President-elect Barack Obama to lift sanctions
against the southern African country, and to engage its leaders to end
long running differences between the two countries over human rights
abuses and other issues.
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| EU suspends decision to extend Zimbabwe sanction | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The European Union (EU) said Monday it would suspend a
decision to extend the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe because a power-sharing de
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l had now been worked out between the government and the opposition.
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| Zimbabwe criticises proposed G8 sanctions | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's embattled government Wednesday
sharply criticised the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised countries
for their proposed fresh sanctions against the country over President
Robert Mugabe's controversial re-election last month.
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| Zimbabwean elections not credible, PAP observer mission says | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Pan African Parliament (PAP) election observer missi
on to the presidential run-off and parliamentary by-elections in Zimbabwe has sa
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d the current atmosphere prevailing in Zimbabwe did not give rise to the conduct
of free, fair and credible elections.
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| Mugabe takes lead in Zim poll | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has taken an unassa
ilable lead in the controversial 27 June presidential run-off vote, elections of
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icials said on Sunday.
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| Mugabe rejects vote cancellation | | Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, increasingly
confident of retaining power, on Thursday rejected African and international req
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ests to call off Friday's presidential run-off vote in which his challenger has
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ulled out in favour of a negotiated settlement of the country's protracted polit
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cal crisis.
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| Mugabe appeals for unity ahead of crucial poll | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, facing a tricky pr
esidential vote next month, Sunday appealed for party unity, and criticised Brit
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in and the US for allegedly working with the opposition to oust him from power.
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| Protests as Zimbabwe poll is delayed | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Elections authorities in Zimbabwe Thursday announced a
90-day delay in a crunch presidential run-off, immediately triggering
protests from the opposition.
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| Zimbabwe says no to EU, US election monitors | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government said Monday it would
not agree to opposition demands for European Union (EU), United
Nations and United States (US) election monitors to observe a
presidential run-off expected shortly in the African nation.
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| Opposition to take part in Zimbabwe run-off. | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai said Saturday he would take part in the presidential
run-off against President Robert Mugabe, ending weeks of speculation
after he earlier threatened to boycott the poll over suspected
rigging.
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| SADC meet in Luanda on Zimbabwe political crisis | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The ministerial troika of the
sub-committee of ministers of the Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC) for politics, defence and
security, meets here Friday, to review, among others,
the post-electoral crisis in Zimbabwe.
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| Pressure mounts on Nigerian govt over Zimbabwe polls | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government is under tremendous
pressure to break its silence on the election impasse
in Zimbabwe, as the electoral authorities in the Southern African
nation begin the verification of the results of the 29 March
presidential election.
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| Tsvangirai seeks Nigeria's intervention in Zimbabwe crisis | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai Monday called for Nigeria's immediate intervention in
resolving the political crisis in his country, triggered by the
failure of the authorities to release the result of the 29 March
presidential election, which he claims to have won.
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| Zimbabwe delays vote recount results | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Election officials in Zimbabwe said Monday
the results of controversial parliamentary vote recounts in 23
constituencies, which started on Saturday, would be delayed beyond the
three-day time frame earlier forecast.
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| Norway tasks Zimbabwe govt on democracy | | Port-Louis, Mauritius(PANA) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg has called on the
Zimbabwean government to uphold the democratic principles, human
rights and prevent
post-election violence in the country.
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| Tsvangirai arrives Nigeria to confer with Obasanjo | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's main
opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), arrived in Nigeria
early Monday to confer with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the
crisis in the Southern African nation, PANA reported.
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| Zimbabwe opposition leader due in Nigeria | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai
was being expected
in Nigeria Sunday evening to confer with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo on the Southern African
nation's election stalemate, PANA reported.
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| Zimbabwe court to rule on poll dispute | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The High Court in Zimbabwe was Monday
expected to make an eagerly-awaited ruling on an opposition petition
to force the country's electoral body to release the results of a
presidential vote held more than two weeks ago.
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| Zimbabwe court to rule on poll petition Monday | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A High Court judge in Zimbabwe Wednesday
said he would rule on an opposition petition demanding the release of
presidential poll results on Monday, as the country's neighbours
prepared to step in to help break the deadlock.
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| Mugabe demands recount of votes | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - President Robert Mugabe has demanded a vote
recount of last week's presidential poll before
results are released, state media reported Sunday.
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| AU says Zimbabwe poll orderly, peaceful | | Harare, ZImbabwe (PANA) - The African Union (AU) said Thursday
Zimbabwe's weekend polls were held in an orderly and peaceful manner,
the latest in a series of observer missions to hail the elections.
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| More results of Zimbabwe polls released | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - With results from another 18 parliamentary
constituencies declared Monday, the ruling party and the main
opposition remained neck and neck in Zimbabwe's weekend poll.
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| MDC, ZANU-PF neck and neck in Zimbabwe polls | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Official results from the first six
constituencies in Saturday's elections in Zimbabwe have put the ruling
ZANU-PF party and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) at par.
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| Voting in Zimbabwe ends peacefully | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Voting in Zimbabwe's closely fought general
elections ended at 7 pm across the country Saturday, but election officials
said some polling centres extended the period due to higher turn out.
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| US warns pre-election irregularities endanger Zimbabwean elections | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US government Tuesday has expressed concern that the
latest actions of the Zimbabwean government will preclude free and fair electio
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s 29 March when Zimbabweans go to the polls to elect a new President, the US sta
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e department said in a statement made available to PANA Wednesday.
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| Zimbabwe's army urged to stay out of politics | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) party of
South Africa, concerned by indirect threats of a post-election military coup in
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imbabwe, has warned the army in the neighbouring country to stay out of politics
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| Mugabe suffers more defections | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, fighting
for political survival after 28 years in office, was deserted by
another key lieutenant at the weekend, weeks before a crucial poll.
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| Zimbabwe police ban weapons ahead of poll | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Police in Zimbabwe, fearing an escalation in
election-related violence ahead of a crucial poll next month,
Wednesday banned the possession of a variety of weapons in public in
the capital and a southern province prone to politically motivated
clashes.
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| Zimbabwe sets election date | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has set 29 March
as the date for the country's controversial general election, the
government announced Saturday.
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| Zimbabwe to register new voters | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - An election official in Zimbabwe said Friday
the country will start fresh registration of voters next week ahead of
general elections early 2008.
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| Zimbabwe bars citizens abroad from voting | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - An estimated three million
Zimbabweans living abroad will not be allowed to vote
in next year's general elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission (ZEC), announced here Tuesday.
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| Mugabe gets party endorsement for poll | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Friday got
his party's endorsement to stand in next year's presidential poll,
brushing aside a simmering opposition which has lately built up against
his leadership.
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| Zimbabwe blasts EU for renewing sanctions | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Tuesday blasted the European Union
(EU) for renewing limited sanctions against the country, and accused
opposition parties which carried out deadly weekend riots of doing
so to court the penalties.
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| Ruling party takes lead in Zimbabwe poll | |
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The ruling party ZANU-PF party in
Zimbabwe won three more seats in Saturday's controversial
senatorial poll to overtake the opposition's earlier lead,
officials said Sunday.
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| Zimbabwe poll marked by voter apathy | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's controversial Saturday
senatorial poll, partially boycotted by the opposition,
has been characterised by voter apathy, according to
reports from parts of the country.
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| Zimbabweans vote for Senators | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Polling opened in Zimbabwe Saturday
in a senatorial election that has divided the opposition and
which President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF looks set to
sweep.
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| SA opposition labels Zimbabwean polls 'unfair' | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The African Christian Democratic
Party (ACDP) in South Africa on Wednesday charged that the 31 March
parliamentary polls held in neighbouring Zimbabwe were "relatively
peaceful and free but not fair".
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| Zimbabwe announces final poll results | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Election officials in Zimbabwe on
Saturday announced the final results of Thursday's parliamentary
election, declaring President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF
party the winner with 78 of the contested 120 seats.
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| High voter turnout in Zimbabwe poll | |
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Election officials in Zimbabwe reported
a high voter turnout in the country's parliamentary
poll Thursday, and few incidents of violence which have
characterised elections in the southern African country in recent
years.
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| SA opposition insists SADC monitor Zimbabwe polls | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's main
opposition, the Democratic Alliance has criticised the decision
by the Zimbabwean government to bar the SADC Parliamentary Forum
from observing the Zimbabwean parliamentary elections due 31
March.
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| Mbeki asked to reconsider his position on Zimbabwe | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's main
opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has urged President
Thabo Mbeki to reconsider his "premature assertion" that
he has complete confidence in Zimbabwe's ability to hold
free and fair elections as well as in its full adherence
to SADC protocols on the matter.
07/03/2005 full text... |
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| EU renews sanctions against Zimbabwe | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has extended
sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year, according to a
communiqué issued here Thursday at the end of a meeting of the
EU Council of Ministers.
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| SA opposition to visit Zimbabwe ahead of election | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A delegation of South
Africa's official opposition, the Democratic Alliance leaves
Friday for Zimbabwe to determine whether favourable conditions
exist for a free and fair election in that country, DA federal
chairperson Joe Seremane disclosed Thursday.
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| South African opposition to meet with Mugabe | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The opposition Democratic
Alliance (DA) in South Africa has indicated plans to meet with
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to discuss conditions ahead of
parliamentary elections due there in March.
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| Zimbabwe gets new election Commission | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government
Thursday announced a new independent electoral body to
run all elections in the country, replacing an old one
which opposition parties accused of bias in favour of
the government.
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| Zimbabwe ruling party holds primary polls | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe ruling ZANU-PF party Saturday
convened a controversial one-day primary election in half of the
country's 120 constituencies to choose its candidates for
parliamentary polls in March.
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