Full Coverage: Zimbabwe

30.05.2005 In the latest example of Zimbabwean President Robert MugabeÂ’s disregard for international human rights law, former Zimbabwean lawmaker Roy Bennett--being held in the notorious Chikurubi Prison for pushing a Mugabe colleague in Parliament--has lost nearly 60 pounds in six months and is in dangerous health, writes Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga.

27.05.2005 Zimbabwe has no funds to buy food for its starving population and President Mugabe refuses to accept food aid. Even if he relented, the World Food Programme has already fully allocated its resources for southern Africa.

27.05.2005 In a 17-minute podcast, Si Brindley, a Britisher, can learn the numbers 1-10 and the days of the week in Shona, the main language of Zimbabwe.

23.05.2005 There may be a chink in the armour of Robert Mugabe's programme of farm seizures. If a dispossessed farmer is a national of a country which has signed formal investment agreements with Zimbabwe, international arbitration procedures could be available.

11.05.2005 The Zimbabwean SW Radio Africa has been awarded the International Press Institute (IPI) 2005 Free Media Pioneer Award.

06.05.2005 Although the recent appointment of a female vice-president is seen as a positive step, gender lobbyists in Zimbabwe continue to agitate for more women in public office. Since the legislative elections in March 2005, women now represent just 16 percent in parliament, up from 10.6 percent. However, the figure falls far short of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) declaration in 1997, which agreed to a 30 percent target for female representation in national political bodies by 2005. Gender rights groups said the ruling ZANU-PF party had reneged on a campaign promise to have a third of its seats in parliament filled by women.