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Finance Minister Tendai Biti had to fast track the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Bill in Parliament last week because it had been delayed by some members of the cabinet who were against the bill.

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A former State Department official said on Tuesday the United States could not continue to be a passive bystander on Zimbabwe as it was already too late to have free and fair elections in the southern African country.

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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the coming elections are about the transfer of power from President Robert Mugabe to himself and this time the Movement for Democratic Change will not allow a situation where a person who loses an election is brought into government through coalition.

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Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking. Women and girls from Zimbabwean towns bordering South Africa, Mozambique, and Zambia are subjected to prostitution in brothels that cater to long-distance truck drivers on both sides of the borders.

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The Global Political Agreement which ushered the inclusive government that has been running the country over the past four years was treated as a “ceasefire” document and as a framework for further negotiation rather than as a formal agreement to be implemented.

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The House of Assembly yesterday adjourned to Tuesday next week, 25 June, without debating the amendments to the electoral law necessary to align the coming elections to the new constitution.

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Dewa Mavhinga, a senior researcher with the Africa Division of the New York-based Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday gave a testimony to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, subcommittee on African Affairs. The subcommittee held a special session on Zimbabwe entitled: Examining prospects for democratic reform and economic recovery in Zimbabwe.

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