<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front: News &amp; Videos about Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_Patriotic_Front</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:25:44 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front: News &amp; Videos about Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/africa/09/23/zimbabwe.scenes/tztop.mugabe.afp.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_Patriotic_Front</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Zimbabwe: Long road to recovery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/23/zimbabwe.scenes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/23/zimbabwe.scenes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe appears to be showing signs of recovery, but it is starting back from a very low base.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Despite unity deal, Zimbabwe struggles to confront problems</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/16/zimbabwe.powershare.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/16/zimbabwe.powershare.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's fragile power-sharing deal faces an uncertain future, one year after an agreement was signed between President Robert Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Morgan Tsvangirai: the great survivor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/26/morgan.tsvangirai/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/26/morgan.tsvangirai/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>He rose to power on a wave of popular support, despite violent oppression. He has survived three assassination attempts, imprisonment, beatings and the tragic death of his wife. This week Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister, speaks to CNN's African Voices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jailed politician refuses Zimbabwe amnesty deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/18/zimbabwe.minister.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/18/zimbabwe.minister.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Officials in Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling party have offered to release imprisoned opposition leaders in exchange for a promise of amnesty covering the party's nearly 30-year rule, one jailed politician's wife said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe accuses new minister of terrorism</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/15/zimbabwe.minister.charged/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/15/zimbabwe.minister.charged/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Roy Bennett, the former Zimbabwean opposition activist who was arrested Friday shortly before he was due to become a Cabinet minister, has been charged with conspiracy to commit banditry, sabotage and terrorism, his lawyer told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe arrests new government minister</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/13/zimbabwe.minister.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/13/zimbabwe.minister.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Zimbabwean opposition party member was arrested just before he was to become the troubled country's deputy agriculture minister, the opposition Movement for Democratic change said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe rivals to lead battle to fix economy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/zimbabwe.ministries/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/zimbabwe.ministries/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has picked his party's secretary-general to hold the difficult and important post of finance minister, he said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition: Mugabe party trying to sink power-sharing deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/03/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/03/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition said Tuesday that President Robert Mugabe's party has begun to backtrack on the inclusive government set to form next week and is dithering on discussions of contentious issues.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe activist: 'I feared for my life'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/zimbabwe.activist/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/zimbabwe.activist/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's top human rights activist broke down twice in court Thursday, as she described her detention and alleged torture by state agents last month, saying "I feared for my life."</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition leader threatens to halt Zimbabwe unity talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/19/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/19/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The man who would be Zimbabwe's prime minister under a power-sharing pact said Friday his party will withdraw from efforts to implement the unity government unless 42 abducted members of his party are freed by New Year's Day.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Opposition training for war</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/15/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/15/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A key ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Monday accused the opposition of training for armed rebellion.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal takes tentative step forward</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/zimbabwe.constitution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/zimbabwe.constitution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe published a draft constitutional amendment in the government gazette Saturday, paving the way for the power-sharing agreement reached after violence disrupted this year's presidential election.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kidnappings harm Zimbabwe unity talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.kidnappings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.kidnappings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A string of abductions in Zimbabwe has harmed the effort to form a unity government, and the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) might pull out of talks, a spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe hints at Cabinet without opposition</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/05/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/05/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Robert Mugabe hinted he may form a Cabinet without the opposition and call for early elections in Zimbabwe to resolve the impasse over a stalled power-sharing deal.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Capital lacks clean water, cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/01/zimbabwe.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/01/zimbabwe.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Almost 12,000 people have contracted cholera since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more dire -- and deadly -- because the nation can't pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carter: Cholera-, inflation-ridden Zimbabwe 'a basket case'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/26/zimbabwe.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/26/zimbabwe.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday that Zimbabwe is in shambles and warned that deaths from starvation and a cholera outbreak threaten to surge with the rainy season approaching.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe opposition party calls for activists' release</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/zimbabwe.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/zimbabwe.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lawyers for Zimbabwe's main opposition party have petitioned the attorney general for the urgent release of 15 activists arrested a month ago, the party said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tsvangirai rejects Zimbabwe compromise offer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/10/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/10/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe powersharing talks were left deadlocked Monday after Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC party, rejected plans to co-manage the ministry that oversees police.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tsvangirai voices frustration over stalled talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai expressed frustration Wednesday at deadlocked talks over a power-sharing agreement with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>More Zimbabwe Talks Fail
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854444,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854444,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Mugabe clings to power against mounting odds
</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe talks delayed for a week</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Efforts to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis remained stalled Monday, after the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Party said it would not attend talks in Swaziland, alleging its leader's necessary travel documents had been too long delayed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe power-share talks resume Wednesday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/14/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/14/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and political rival Morgan Tsvangirai failed to reach an agreement Tuesday over new fissures in their power-sharing deal signed last month, despite hours of negotiations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe power-sharing talks stall</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/17/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/17/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe have stalled, with the government and main opposition parties unable to agree on the distribution of ministries.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe's Mugabe Lays Claim to Key Ministries</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849406,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849406,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the nation</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fury as Mugabe party gets key ministries</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/11/mugabe.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/11/mugabe.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Robert Mugabe's political rivals Saturday accused the Zimbabwean president of  "ambush" in allocating key ministries to his own party in defiance of a power-sharing agreement aimed at ending political turmoil in the country.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe Pushes Back Against Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Deal 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847979,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847979,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With the international community distracted by the financial crisis, Zimbabwe's embattled president backs away from sharing power</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bumpy Road for Zimbabwe's Power-Sharing Deal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Forced to share power, Mugabe and Tsvangirai fail to agree on how. And fighting words from the President raise the specter of violence
</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: Zimbabwe rivals bicker over power</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/18/zimbabwe.power/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/18/zimbabwe.power/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's president and newly appointed prime minister are at loggerheads over ministerial appointments, three days after signing a power-sharing deal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe heckled at Zimbabwe parliament opening</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/26/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/26/zimbabwe.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opposition members booed and heckled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as he spoke at the opening of the country's parliament Tuesday, making clear they do not recognize his legitimacy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe Opposition Gets Major Win</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition won the vote for speaker of the first parliament since disputed elections in March, claiming votes even from the party of President Robert Mugabe</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe parliament elects first opposition speaker</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/25/zimbabwe.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/25/zimbabwe.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwean lawmakers on Monday narrowly voted for Lovemore Moyo as speaker of the parliament -- making him the first opposition lawmaker to hold the position in the country's history.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe, Tsvangirai back in power-sharing talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/11/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/11/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai  returned to power-sharing negotiations Monday afternoon with several "sticking points" left to resolve.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rivals' power-share talks to resume Monday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/10/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/10/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After several hours of power-sharing negotiations, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai adjourned the talks early Monday -- apparently without reaching a deal.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Mugabe-Tsvangirai talks postponed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/07/zimbabwe.talks.latest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/07/zimbabwe.talks.latest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have been postponed until Sunday, a Tsvangirai spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Power Failure in Zimbabwe's Talks</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827498,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827498,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Global pressure may have forced Mugabe's government to the bargaining table, but the regime is not ready to offer an acceptable deal to the opposition
</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe's 'Power-Sharing' Reality</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The nation's beaten down opposition may end up being forced to accept what it swears is unacceptable: A power-sharing deal</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battered but not beaten, Zimbabwe farmers seek justice</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/zimbabwe.farmers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/zimbabwe.farmers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It was a frigid June night at Pickstone Mine in Zimbabwe when 67-year-old Angela Campbell -- soaking wet, her arm broken and a gun to her head -- signed a document vowing to give up the fight for her family's farm.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rivals start crisis talks in South Africa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/10/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/10/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Talks aimed at finding a resolution to Zimbabwe's election dispute began in South Africa on Thursday, according to Ronnie Mamoepa, spokesman for the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mbeki brokers meeting of Mugabe, MDC faction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/05/zimbabwe.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/05/zimbabwe.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe 'wanted' list deepens crisis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/04/zimbabwe.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/04/zimbabwe.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Zimbabwe said Friday they have put seven opposition members of parliament on a wanted list, a development that is likely to further dampen the possibility of talks between President Robert Mugabe and his rivals.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe stands firm on Zimbabwe vote</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/zimbabwe.biti/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/zimbabwe.biti/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As the hours ticked down toward the opening of Friday's balloting, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe showed no indication that he would give in to demands to postpone the runoff election despite his challenger's dropping out.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Comrade Fatso blogs for CNN</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/14/zimbabwe.blog/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/14/zimbabwe.blog/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Things are quiet today. The calm before a storm. The silence before swearing. In.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush wants more penalties for Zimbabwe after 'sham' vote</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/28/zimbabwe.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/28/zimbabwe.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Calling Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election a "sham," U.S. President George W. Bush said Saturday that he would push for additional sanctions against the country's government.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition supporters claim torture in Zimbabwe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/zimbabwe.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/zimbabwe.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With polls closed for a Zimbabwe runoff that opposition politicians and international observers call a sham, alleged torture victims who support former candidate Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that they back his decision to pull out of the race.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition leader says voters forced to choose Mugabe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/zimbabwe.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/zimbabwe.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said government supporters threatened Zimbabweans into voting for Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harare woman: 'If you talk too much ... they hunt you down'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/25/zimbabwe.voices/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/25/zimbabwe.voices/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The 23-year-old woman in Harare, Zimbabwe, said she could talk, but only briefly. It was 3:30 p.m. there and she had to be home before the 6 p.m. curfew, she said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Mugabe wins re-election after opposition pulls out</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/22/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/22/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday he would not participate in Friday's presidential runoff, provoking dismay from international observers and handing an apparent victory to President Robert Mugabe.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Pulls Out</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is pulling out of Friday's presidential runoff because of mounting violence</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe judge rejects decision to ban opposition rally</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/21/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/21/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A judge in Zimbabwe's High Court overturned Saturday a police ban on an opposition rally scheduled for Sunday -- less than a week from the presidential runoff -- a lawyer for the opposition told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe opposition: Mayor's wife killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/zimbabwe.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/zimbabwe.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition party said four of its activists and the wife of Harare's mayor -- an opposition member -- have been killed by supporters of President Robert Mugabe, just days ahead of next week's presidential runoff.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Fair Zimbabwe election impossible</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Violence and intimidation targeting Zimbabwe's opposition party -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- has "extinguished any chance of a free and fair" runoff election, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Annan: Mugabe rivals must work with Zanu-PF </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/29/zimbabwe.annan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/29/zimbabwe.annan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe opposition leaders must be willing to work alongside Robert Mugabe's party -- even if they unseat him in an upcoming presidential run-off vote, former U.N. chief Kofi Annan says.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe assassination plot: Finger pointed at military</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/19/zimbabwe.assassination/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/19/zimbabwe.assassination/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's main opposition party has accused the government of President Robert Mugabe of orchestrating a plot to assassinate its leader Morgan Tsvangirai.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe rival fears 'assassination' plot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/17/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/17/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition leader has canceled his return to Harare from South Africa after receiving information from a "credible source" about what his party said was a planned assassination.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe run-off announced for end of June</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/16/zimbabwe.runoff/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/16/zimbabwe.runoff/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The run-off for Zimbabwe's presidential election will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Journalists Under Siege in Zimbabwe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739071,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739071,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Six weeks to the day after Zimbabwe chose opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai over Mugabe, reports continue to emerge of a vicious, nationwide campaign of intimidation</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe's Strategy for Victory</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The election results are official: Mugabe lost, but gets a second chance in a runoff. With time to plan its counterattack, the regime looks likely to prevail</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Mugabe will retain power if no run-off vote</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/01/tsvangirai.runoff/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/01/tsvangirai.runoff/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's ruling and main opposition parties began meeting with the country's electoral commission Thursday to verify the results of the March 29 presidential election.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe recount may be done Monday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/26/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/26/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A recount of ballots in the Zimbabwe presidential election may be completed by Monday, leading to an announcement of the results nearly a month after voting took place, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tsvangirai: U.N. must act on Zimbabwe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called for the United Nations to set up a criminal court to prosecute those guilty of violence in the aftermath of the stalled election in his troubled country. </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe opposition fail in legal bid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/14/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/14/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's High Court ruled Monday that it would not force the troubled African country's electoral commission to release the results of the March 29 presidential vote, two journalists at the court told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe Digs In His Heels in Zimbabwe
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730171,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730171,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>By snubbing a regional summit on the crisis in his country, the autocrat signals his intention to fight the election verdict
</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe election ruling 'delayed to Monday'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/09/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/09/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's High Court will wait until Monday to issue its ruling on whether it will order the Electoral Commission to release the March 29 presidential results, a journalist at the courtroom told CNN. </description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe Support, Violence Returns 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728880,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728880,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Members of the opposition claim that Zimbabwe's "war veterans" are back and seeking retribution 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe Plays for Time</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728391,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728391,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>There's a real fear that pro-Mugabe mobs will embark on a campaign of violence designed to ensure he retains power </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe opposition: Runoff risks violence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/05/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/05/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The opposition candidate who contends that he's the victor in Zimbabwe's presidential election says he doesn't want a runoff with President Robert Mugabe because he fears violence.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Runoff OK, says Zimbabwe ruling party</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/04/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/04/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's ruling party said Friday that President Robert Mugabe would be willing to face Morgan Tsvangirai in a runoff election.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tsvangirai denies talks with Mugabe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/01/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/01/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Despite increasing calls from the international community to release election results, Zimbabwe has yet to provide any data on the presidential race three days after voters went to the polls.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe pushed for quick release of election results</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/30/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/30/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Election observers called on Zimbabwe's government to release the results of weekend elections as soon as possible to avoid political unrest, but government officials said the results won't be out until Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition cries foul as Zimbabwe votes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/29/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/29/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's capital of Harare was quiet Saturday night after polls began closing for elections that will decide the future of longtime President Robert Mugabe. </description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Could Mugabe Lose His Election?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726436,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726436,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Even if Zimbabwe's leader wins in this weekend's polling, a revolt within his party may be laying the seeds for his downfall</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe critics predict fraud in Zimbabwe elections</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/27/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/27/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for nearly three decades, faces his toughest challenge yet in this weekend's general elections.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Challenge to Mugabe 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716488,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716488,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A collapsing economy fuels a growing revolt within the top echelons of Zimbabwe's ruling party
</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe faces double challenge to presidency</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/13/zimbabwe.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/13/zimbabwe.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's main opposition group Wednesday said they will participate in presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe's ex-finance minister to run against him</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni announced Tuesday he will try to unseat President Robert Mugabe in next month's election.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Slow start for Zimbabwe strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.protests1030/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.protests1030/index.html</guid><description>A planned two-day strike to protest a government crackdown on illegal homes and traders has got off to a slow start in Zimbabwe's capital amid a heavy police presence.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe defends razings, few strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.protests/index.html</guid><description>President Robert Mugabe has defended the razing of shantytowns and a crackdown on small traders in Zimbabwe as an opposition-backed strike failed to gain wide support.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Annan worried over Zimbabwe poll</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/04/zimbabwe.election/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/04/zimbabwe.election/index.html</guid><description>The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, has said he is concerned over aspects of last week's parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe wins big change mandate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/02/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/02/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</guid><description>President Robert Mugabe's party has won enough seats to secure a two-thirds parliamentary majority and so change the constitution, according to news agency reports on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe ruling party wins majority</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/01/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/01/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</guid><description>President Robert Mugabe's ruling party has secured a majority in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to partial results.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe opposition leads poll</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/31/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/31/zimbabwe.earlyresults/index.html</guid><description>Zimbabwe's opposition took an early lead in parliamentary elections with almost a quarter of results declared on Friday, but the first returns were mostly from its traditional urban strongholds.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 04:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Long lines mark Zimbabwe election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/31/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/31/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html</guid><description>Polls have officially closed in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections that were characterized by long lines at ballot stations and attacks by the U.S. and the European Union as being unfair.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe - from hero to pariah</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/29/koinange.zimbabwe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/29/koinange.zimbabwe/index.html</guid><description>There was a time when Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, was the hero of the nation and the darling of the West -- the man who over-rode the former Rhodesia's white colonial legacy and created a stable black majority democracy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe's party attacks archbishop</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/28/zimbabwe.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/28/zimbabwe.elections/index.html</guid><description>A spokesman for Robert Mugabe's party has branded a prominent Roman Catholic archbishop "a mad, inveterate liar" after he called for street protests aimed at overthrowing the long-time ruler.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:05:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>