The Insider

Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa was confident that the Movement for Democratic Change would win the 2008 elections but the party needed US$10 million to run an effective campaign.

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France, which had caused a diplomatic uproar by allowing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to the Africa-France summit of 2003, went all out to avoid Mugabe for the summit in 2007.

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Malawi, which had strong historical ties with Zimbabwe, felt that President Robert Mugabe was being treated unfairly by the West.

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Zimbabwe was not a safe haven for terrorists though it maintained relations with countries identified as being state sponsors of terrorism, such as Cuba, Iran, Libya and Sudan, which all had embassies in Harare.

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An Austrian company Steyr Spezialfahrzeuge is reported to have supplied military vehicles to an elite unit of President Robert Mugabe in 2001, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was confrontational with a visiting European Union delegation asking them: “Who are you to tell us how to run our business?”

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A 26-minute film by the Research Advocacy Unit entitled House of Justice claims that 71 percent of Zimbabwe’s farm workers have been evicted since the fast track land reform in 2000.

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Zimbabwe withdrew from the Southern African Development Community Tribunal saying it would no longer participate in tribunal proceedings until the establishment of the court had been ratified by two-thirds of all members.

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was the only Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front high ranking minister to attend Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s launch of his 100-day plan for Zimbabwe’s recovery.

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said the South African Broadcasting Corporation was lying about conditions in Zimbabwe’s prisons after it aired a documentary entitled “Hell Hole”.

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