Robert Mugabe

June 23, 2008 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Clinton today issued the following statement:

“The deepening political crisis in Zimbabwe is a growing concern that needs attention from the United States and the international community. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, withdrew from a Presidential runoff that was to be held this week, calling the process an ‘illegitimate sham.’    » read more »

April 4, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement on Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary elections:

"On March 29th, millions of Zimbabweans went to the polls to choose their president and parliament. The resulting defeat of the ruling ZANU-PF party in parliamentary elections underscores the Zimbabwean people's rejection of the failed policies and the widespread suffering caused by Robert Mugabe's repressive rule.

Robert Mugabe protest balloon: Photo by Sokwanele (CC)    » read more »

28 August 2007 -- Facing widespread popular disenchantment as the economic collapse turns into a grave crisis, President Robert Mugabe has once again turned to the liberation war veterans to shore up his support and, some say, intimidate a restive population.

Often deployed in the past as administration shock troops, veterans of the 1980s war against colonial, white-ruled Rhodesia, have called a solidarity march on Wednesday in Harare and urged ZANU-PF loyalists to assemble at the party's headquarters.    » read more »

27 August 2007 -- State media in Zimbabwe are warning of new problems in the nation's food and water supplies.

The Herald newspaper reports Monday that three major producers of crop fertilizer have closed because of power cuts and a lack of raw materials.

It says the three companies, Dorowa Mine, Iron Duke Mine, and Zimphos, stopped operating last month.

A report today in the state-run Chronicle says the government's grain distribution body, the Grain Marketing Board, has failed to collect corn from farmers in rural areas due to poor roads and a shortage of bags.    » read more »

28 August 2007 -- The leader of Zimbabwe’s Main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai says removing President Robert Mugabe does not necessarily mean entrenching democracy in the country. He said it was important first to deal with the political culture of abuse and corruption as a way of setting the country back on the right track. Tsvangirai, who is currently in Australia to visit his family, adds that Zimbabweans would prefer giving Mugabe amnesty as a way of moving on with their lives.    » read more »