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  • 14 Apr 2008
    Zimbabwe summit fails to acknowledge emergency

    Hopes that Zimbabwe’s neighbours would act to end the deepening crisis were dashed at the weekend when an all-night emergency summit of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) failed to acknowledge an emergency

  • 4 Apr 2008
    Aid agencies voice concerns over growing tension in Zimbabwe

    International development agencies have warned that Zimbabwe is becoming increasingly tense as election results continue to hang in the balance. Agencies are also deeply concerned about the counting and tabulation of votes cast.

  • 7 Mar 2008
    World churches body to monitor Zimbabwe elections

    The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has told his UN counterpart that the ecumenical body and its members in Africa are planning for the monitoring of elections scheduled in Zimbabwe.

  • 28 Feb 2008
    New Anglican bishop says violence is tearing Zimbabwe apart

    The new Anglican Bishop of Harare, the Rt Rev Sebastian Bakare, said this week that lawlessness and violence is threatening elections due on 29 March, and has called on Zimbabweans to pray for an end to the conflict and chaos.

  • 20 Feb 2008
    Zimbabwe Christians sceptical about South African brokered talks

    The Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, a network of church and civic bodies, says it has no hope that inter-party peace talks brokered by South Africa's Thabo Mbeki will achieve results before Zimbabwean elections scheduled for 29 March.

  • 18 Feb 2008
    Catholics call for Zimbabwe elections to be postponed

    Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) has called for the postponement of the national elections due on 29 March 2008. They say there are signs that the poll will not be free and fair under current conditions.

  • 3 Feb 2008
    Mugabe supporters try to stop installation of new Harare bishop

    Supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling party an President Robert Mugabe blockaded Harare's Anglican Cathedral today, in order to stop the investiture of the elected successor to a schismatic bishop notorious for his backing of the regime.

  • 31 Jan 2008
    Catholic leaders from England and Wales visit troubled Zimbabwe

    As the political and economic crisis continues in Zimbabwe, two senior Catholic figures from England and Wales have been making a pastoral visit to the troubled country, offering support to churches and grassroots communities.

  • 16 Jan 2008
    Archbishop of Canterbury condemns intimidation in Zimbabwe

    Lambeth Palace, HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to media reports that a number of Anglican church services in Harare have been disrupted by Zimbabwean state officials.

  • 15 Jan 2008
    British reporter in Zimbabwe says revolt against Mugabe underway

    One of the BBC chief reporters has defied a government ban on the Corporation's personnel operating in Zimbabwe, and has reported that opposition to President Robert Mugabe is growing within his own Zanu-PF party.