Robert Mugabe

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran of the fight against apartheid who has served in the cabinet of every South African president since Nelson Mandela, now takes the top African Union job.

The European Union on Saturday denied it was about to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as part of a current policy review by the bloc on the southern African nation.

Zimbabwe on Friday unveiled a seven-member team for the London Games with two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry their leading medal hope, local organisers said Friday.

Zimbabwe's supreme court has ordered President Robert Mugabe to call by-elections in three constituencies, a decision that could boost his rivals' majority in parliament.

Zimbabwe on Friday unveiled a seven-member team for the London Games with two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry their leading medal hope, local organisers said Friday.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrived home Saturday from Singapore where he went for a medical check-up amid increasing concerns about his health, state media said.

Zimbabwe has given foreign-owned banks and other firms a year to cede a 51 percent stake to local black people, in compliance with equity and empowerment laws, a government notice said.

Zimbabwe's leaders have given a year's ultimatum to foreign-owned banks and other firms to cede a 51 percent stake to local black people in compliance with equity and empowerment laws, a government notice said.

Zimbabwe's leaders have given a year's ultimatum to foreign-owned banks and other firms to cede a 51 percent stake to local black people in compliance with empowerment laws, a government notice said.

A new Zimbabwe radio station aligned to long-ruling President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party began broadcasting on Monday.

Male lawmakers in Zimbabwe on Friday underwent voluntary circumcision in a new public drive to curb the spread of HIV, which affects about one in 10 people in the southern African country.

One person has been killed and 15 injured by President Robert Mugabe's motorcade, in the third such accident in two weeks in Zimbabwe, police said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Friday asked South Africa's ruling African National Congress to stop probes into human rights abuses by Zimbabwean officials against activists.

Lesotho's king on Thursday named opposition leader Tom Thabane as prime minister after May polls saw the ruling party crash to defeat, the royal palace said.

Laws forcing foreign companies to sell majority stakes to black Zimbabweans should be used to benefit the country's poor and not just the rich elite, the country's central bank chief said Friday.

Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili resigned Wednesday after his party failed to win a majority in parliamentary elections and the opposition united to oust him after 14 years in power.

Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili resigned Wednesday after his party failed to secure an outright majority in parliamentary elections and the opposition united to oust him.

A classical music presenter for the BBC has been arrested and is in custody in Zimbabwe, the broadcaster reported.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said the 'gay world' goes against nature. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said the ?gay world? goes against nature. Speaking Thursday at a women's HIV/AIDS and gender rights conference in Harare, the 88-year-old Mugabe said homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe, the AP reported. Mugabe told the crowd that male homosexuality violates women's rights because it denies their right to being mothers. ?Mothers were given the talent to bear children. That talent doesn't belong to men,? he said. ?When God created Adam ? if Adam had desired a person like him it would not have made him any happier.? ?When a man says he wants to get married to another man, we in Zimbabwe don't accept it. We can't talk of women's rights at all if we go in that direction. It will lead to extinction.? Mugabe was responding to earlier remarks by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay, who arrived in Zimbabwe last Sunday and referenced laws which

A classical music presenter for the BBC has been arrested and is in custody in Zimbabwe, a London-based campaign group said Saturday.