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BBC World News, 06.01.09 00:34 UTC

Year of change?

By Patrick Smith Editor, Africa Confidential After Ghana's cliff-hanger presidential vote, Africa's election watchers will quickly shift their attention to southern Africa where Angola, Botswana, ...

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Telegraph, 05.01.09 11:42 UTC

Robert Mugabe 'to form government by end of February'

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is expected to form a new government by the end of February despite stalled talks with the main opposition party, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Monday.

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Times Online World News, 27.12.08 21:32 UTC

Disgraced Reverend Allan Boesak haggles over allegiance to ANC

The Reverend Allan Boesak, the fire-breathing orator who led the internal resistance to apartheid in the 1980s, has attempted to exploit the rivalries between South Africa’s ruling African ...

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The Independent, 25.12.08 09:32 UTC

Zimbabwe activist 'torture' to be investigated

A Zimbabwean human rights activist missing for three weeks was taken to court accused, according to state media, of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. Last night, a judge ordered that ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 25.12.08 02:01 UTC

Peace prize winner Tutu urges action in Zimbabwe

(12-24) 16:22 PST HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- With the death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic over 1,100 and the country in shambles, Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu said Wednesday it was ...

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USA Today, 24.12.08 10:07 UTC

Tutu: Threaten Zimbabwe's Mugabe with force

LONDON (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu said Wednesday that the international community must use the threat of force to oust Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe from office.

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guardian.co.uk, 22.12.08 09:01 UTC

Turn screw on Mugabe, US urges

. The US yesterday called on southern African governments to force President Robert Mugabe from power, saying it had dropped support for the troubled agreement under which he was supposed to share ...

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Telegraph, 20.12.08 20:01 UTC

Apartheid icons turn on each other as ANC faces first real threat

The defection of a high-ranking African National Congress luminary to a breakaway rival has given new hope that effective single-party rule in the country is over.

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WashingtonPost World, 18.12.08 05:00 UTC

Offshoot of Venerable ANC Officially Formed in S. Africa

Congress of the People, Ruling Party Hold Dueling Rallies Just Miles Apart

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Times Online World News, 17.12.08 23:03 UTC

President Kgalema Motlanthe takes swipe at UK over Robert Mugabe

South Africa, the only country with real influence in Zimbabwe, yesterday distanced itself from growing international calls for Robert Mugabe to step down. President Kgalema Motlanthe instead took a ...

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