A campaign poster for President Robert Mugabe is posted along a city street June 21, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Human rights groups have accused Mugabe's ruling party of mass voter intimidation and violence against the political opposition ahead of the scheduled June 27 presidential runoff vote between President Mugabe and opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai.
A campaign poster for President Robert Mugabe is posted along a city street June 21, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Human rights groups have accused Mugabe's ruling party of mass voter intimidation and violence against the political opposition ahead of the scheduled June 27 presidential runoff vote between President Mugabe and opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai. © John Moore/Getty Images

Focus

Zimbabwe Crisis Reports

Years active: 2008-2012

Calls for Mengistu Extradition

Prominent Zimbabweans feel Mugabe was wrong to reject Ethiopia’s request for its former leader to be sent home to face justice.

Mugabe Loses Touch with Reality

Mugabe sweeps through Harare in a gas-guzzling limousine and has his own ambulance, while ordinary people are ferried to hospital in pushcarts and wheelbarrows.

Matabeland Anger Mounts

Local groups calling for regime change, and willing to back any party with a strategy for removing Mugabe from power.

Support local journalists
DONATE