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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…

Britain was prepared to pour in nearly one million pounds  in support of  Zimbabwe elections soon after the controversial March  2008 general elections and was prepared to do this discreetly because the Southern African Development Community which was spearheading the negotiation process in the country was not accepting foreign contributions, one of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks says.

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President Robert Mugabe turns 87 tomorrow. At that age he should have long retired and should be reading his memoirs, with the countries’ leaders going to him for advice. Instead…

Shingirai Zvokunzwa from Wroxeter Court, Newstead Rise, in Reading has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after fraudulently claiming 28 000 pounds in benefits.

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One of the reasons why The Insider would like Finance Minister Tendai Biti to investigate River Ranch operations between 2004 and 2007 is that the company appears to have a…

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai within hours of his being sworn in that he was “disappointed” with the power sharing negotiations and would not be sympathetic to requests for assistance until there was proof that the power sharing was truly being implemented according to one of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks.

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European Union sanctions targeted at members of President Robert Mugabe’s government and senior officials of the ruling ZANU-PF appear to be a monumental joke and may be hurting the ordinary…