Posts by Charles Rukuni

River Ranch intensified its efforts to silence The Insider after it published a series of stories on its operations and raised questions as to why it was assisted by African…

This was a question we asked two years ago when we could not get an explanation as to why African Management Services Company, a company owned by the World Bank…

The British government supported military action against Zimbabwe following the swearing in of Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe after an election run-off that had been boycotted by first round winner Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change, one of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks says.

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The question of who is in control in Zimbabwe- Mugabe or the military- has been a subject of debate since the controversial 2008 election results. Most people, including the West,…

Three  River Ranch employees still had valid United Nations Development Programme permits five to 17 months after their contracts had been terminated.  The head of the UNDP communications department Stephane…

Britain was so desperate to get the United Nations or the United States to condemn Zimbabwe’s March 2008 election results that it even tried to use former South African President Nelson Mandela to condemn them when he visited London for his 90th birthday celebrations, a cable released by Wikileaks says.

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The European Union last week extended sanctions on Zimbabwean leader President Robert Mugabe and 162 others.  It says these sanctions are aimed at the named individuals and entities and not…

In his quest to investigate diamond revenue from River Ranch Finance Minister Tendai Biti might find it difficult to get cooperation from the United Nations Development Programme. But there is…