by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
While some African national leaders continued to court Robert Mugabe at an African Union meeting in Egypt, despite their own observers saying that the presidential election was unacceptable, South African churches have spooken out candidly. Christian leaders in South...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 24, 2008
Working in ‘the Westminster village’, as many politicians and journalists do, makes for a one-eyed view of life. Which is why, early on in the BBC’s television coverage of the local elections in England and Wales back in May 2008 (remember them?), veteran commentator...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 24, 2008
A leader of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe has urged the international community to intervene in the southern African nation, following the decision of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from the presidential runoff, citing escalating violence...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 22, 2008
After weeks of violence, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has announced that he is pulling out of Friday’s presidential election run-off, fearing massacres of his supporters and a rigged poll outcome. The decision will be controversial, as it...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) can no longer be relied upon as a “neutral and nonpartisan electoral umpire”, according to the Justice and Peace Commission of the Zimbabwean Catholic Bishops’ Conference – reports FIDES. In a statement...
