Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sadc forces Zim leaders
President Robert Mugabe and his rival Morgan Tsvangirai have been ordered by the Sadc leaders to form a unity government this comes after a summit which was aimed at solving the Zimbabwe crisis. The emergency summit decided that Tsvangirai should be sworn in by 11 February to rule Zimbabwe alongside Mugabe, said Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao.
MorePresident Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
President Obama wants a fresh approach to toppling Robert Mugabe and is discussing with aides an unprecedented, US-led diplomatic push to get tough new UN sanctions imposed against the Zimbabwe regime, The Times has learned. During talks Mr Obama has had with his top Africa advisers in recent weeks, the central idea they focused on was taking the issue of Zimbabwe before the UN Security Council, but for the first time to combine such a move with an intense diplomatic effort to persuade Russia and China not to block the initiative.
MorePresident Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
President Obama wants a fresh approach to toppling Robert Mugabe and is discussing with aides an unprecedented, US-led diplomatic push to get tough new UN sanctions imposed against the Zimbabwe regime, The Times has learned. During talks Mr Obama has had with his top Africa advisers in recent weeks, the central idea they focused on was taking the issue of Zimbabwe before the UN Security Council, but for the first time to combine such a move with an intense diplomatic effort to persuade Russia and China not to block the initiative.
MoreMugabe wants ‘new chapter’
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Tuesday he hoped that a power-sharing agreement with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would lead to a “new chapter.” “We hope that this will open a up a new chapter in our political relations in the country and in structures of government,” Mugabe said in remarks at Harare airport on arriving from a regional emergency summit on Zimbabwe held in South Africa.
MoreMugabe wants ‘new chapter’
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Tuesday he hoped that a power-sharing agreement with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would lead to a “new chapter.” “We hope that this will open a up a new chapter in our political relations in the country and in structures of government,” Mugabe said in remarks at Harare airport on arriving from a regional emergency summit on Zimbabwe held in South Africa.
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