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- -11-23-05 Bush Targets Zimbabwe Accounts (CNN News)
"President Bush is targeting the U.S. accounts of leading government officials in Zimbabwe, saying those who work with President Robert Mugabe must restore democracy or face sanctions." 11-05
- -03-14-07 Opposition Leader Assaulted by Police in Zimbabwe (CNN News)
"Zimbabwe main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care Wednesday with a suspected skull fracture sustained in a violent attack in police custody, his spokesman said." 03-07
- -02-25-09 Editorial: Roy Bennett Imprisoned in Zimbabwe (HuffingtonPost.com)
"Roy Bennett remains in custody today, and authorities intend to hold him until at least March 4, it was said in an MDC press release. As Bennett is held on charges of 'terrorism,' Zimbabwe military police backed by Mugabe have tried to use him as a political pawn to ensure their own blanket amnesty, no doubt sensing that Mugabe's ZANU-PF party is bound to lose power in the near future."
"I know Roy Bennett from my time in the region, and can say without a doubt that he is one of the most courageous men I've ever met, with an unending determination to fight for a safe and prosperous Zimbabwe." 02-09
- Zimbabwe (Dinar)
- Zimbabwe News (AllAfrica.com)
Provides news directly from the country.
- Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (Geographia.com)
Provides information on the land, history, and people. 7-02
- Leadership, Ethics, and Disciplinary Codes of Principles of Zimbabwe Before 1900 (Asia Pacific Press - Meda)
Describes governance and ethics of Zimbabwe before European influences changed them. Uses PDF format. 7-02
- 11-28-02 Zimbabwe Faces Starvation of Millions (BBC News)
" 'We are approaching the very worst period of the crisis, when 6.7 million Zimbabweans will need food aid and yet WFP does not even have the resources to meet our target of three million beneficiaries in November,' " according to the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP).
" 'It is an extremely serious situation and it is only going to get worse,' " said Kevin Farrell, WFP representative in Zimbabwe." " 'We will all have to work non-stop over the coming months if we are to prevent millions of people from starving in Zimbabwe.' "
- Rulers by Country - V-Z (Schulz)
Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
- Africa Lessons (School Discovery)Provides lesson plans on Africa, with a special emphasis on Zimbabwe. 1-02
- Mugabe Election Not Recognized As Legitimate (BBC News)
British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, has declared that Robert Mugabe "stole" the 2002 election. 3-02
- Africa - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros and Mayotte, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 3-02
- African Children Dying of Hunger - Again (Independent - MacGregor and Butler)
"Nearly 13 million people are on the brink of starvation as the worst food crisis in a decade spreads across six countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho." "In Malawi, the men risk their lives to dive for water-lily bulbs in crocodile-infested rivers and kill mice to eat and sell. The women gather wild grasses and boil up weeds to feed their children." 6-02
- Shona Language Lessons (Smith)
Provides lessons for tourists. 7-02
- AIDS - Vaccine for AIDS Works (USA Today News - Sternberg)
"Nearly two decades after the discovery of the AIDS virus, researchers Monday report for the first time that an AIDS vaccine can prevent infection but with sharply different success rates depending on race."
"The first full-scale human trial of the vaccine, AIDSVAX, indicates that although the vaccine failed to protect whites and Hispanics, it appears to be effective in Asians and blacks. Blacks account for half of all new infections in the USA, federal statistics show."
"Jose Esparza, director of AIDS vaccine research for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), called the finding 'probably the most important accomplishment in vaccine research in 15 years. This is the first time anyone has shown protection (against HIV) in humans, not monkeys.' "
"Although the vaccine failed to provide protection overall, it was 78.3% effective in blacks and 68% effective in Asians." 2-03
- 10-25-03 Police Shut Down Only Independent Newspaper (Reuters - Chinaka)
"Police have occupied the offices of Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper halting operations and detaining staff one day after a court order blocked government efforts to shut it down." 10-03
- Roots of Hunger (Christian Science Monitor)
"The solutions to the African hunger crisis are as complicated as the problems themselves. The challenge for the six countries – Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Swaziland – is not just to get through the immediate food shortage, but to find ways to keep the problem from happening again next year."
"This is not the same old story. There are deep-rooted problems in the region,' says Tim Osborne, Malawi country director of CARE, an Atlanta-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) that helps fight global poverty. 'Various factors have combined to make the populations so vulnerable that they cannot cope with any new crisis. This is an emergency all right – a long-term emergency.' " 11-04
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