News about Zimbabwe that you can use
The Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the Movement for Democratic Change on 15 October 2006 suspended the member of Parliament for Mabvuku, Timothy Mubawu in connection with the attack on the pro-senate faction member Trudy Stevenson as well as his sexist remarks in Parliament.
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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo is probably one of the longest serving ministers in that portfolio. He was exposed by his wife as one of the richest people in the country when she wanted her share of the property when they divorced. There are 63 cables on Chombo and here is the complete list.
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The United States yesterday effectively banned diamonds from Marange by adding two mining companies there, Marange Resources and Mbada Diamonds, onto its sanctions list.
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All 19 Movement for Democratic Change councillors in Mutare resigned on 4 January 2006, paving way for Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo to appoint an acting council of Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front loyalists to run the city.
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President Robert Mugabe had a 20-minute shouting match with the United Nations under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief coordinator Jan Egeland over Operation Murambatsvina but in his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat about his meeting with Mugabe and claimed good relations between Zimbabwe and the UN.
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The reform process in Zimbabwe was progressing although movement was slow and was quite often obscured by events, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Henry Bellingham said this week.
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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo on 22 July fired Mutare mayor Misheck Kagurabadza for allegedly misusing public funds, but the mayor said he had been fired for showing United Nations special envoy Anna Tibaijuka the living conditions of people in Sakubva after Operation Murambatsvina which had displaced thousands of people.
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Demolitions of structures, including an industrial complex in Harare, continued under Operation Restore Order despite an undertaking by Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo that the operation would be halted for at least 10 days to allow owners to regularise their plans.
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President Robert Mugabe’s obituaries have already been written. The writers are just waiting for the old man to kick the bucket to press the publish button. Mugabe, in power since 1980, is one of the most hated men especially by the West. But he is a darling with a lot of Africans because he has been able to stand up to the superpowers and has on occasions shown them the door.
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