Full Coverage: Zimbabwe

29.07.2005 Over the past five years, Zimbabwe's economy has collapsed--causing the death of nearly 4,000 children per year. While President Mugabe blames the economic problems on external forces and drought, the Center for Global Development reports that government misrule has caused the county's woes.

28.07.2005 Twenty-four hours after UN Secretary-General Kofi AnnanÂ’s special envoy on human settlements called for an immediate end to demolitions and evictions in Zimbabwe, thousands of people on a settlement 20 kilometres from the capital watched helplessly as bulldozers destroyed their homes for the second time in a month.

25.07.2005 A stinging U.N. report released Friday condemns President Mugabe's urban clean-up operation, saying it was carried out "with indifference to human suffering," and was a breach of both national and international human rights law. The report calls for an immediate halt of the demolitions, urging the government to pay reparations to the affected and punish those who carried out the forced evictions.

21.07.2005 If they want to build a "modern and credible continent," African leaders must speak out against Robert Mugabe's highly controversial housing demolition program, said former U.S. president Bill Clinton Wednesday. Thus far the continent's leaders have been reluctant to criticize Mugabe, saying the removals, which have left thousands homeless including many who supported Mugabe's political rivals, are an internal matter.

20.07.2005 South Africa is taking a tough stance on Zimbabwe, announcing on Tuesday that it will impose stringent political and economic conditions on a loan request from its cash-strapped neighbor. Zimbabwe is facing expulsion from the IMF for failing to make debt payments, and strong condemnation from the U.N. for its notorious urban clean-up campaign, Operation Restore Order.

20.07.2005 Zimbabwean artist Owen Maseko says public toilets are "the only democratic place left where members of the public can say exactly what they want to say without fear of retribution." His installation of toilet walls adorned graffitti-style with political sentiments drew much attention at the Khululeka Exhibition in Bulawayo.

13.07.2005 Journalists from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and the host Zimbabwe attended recently a workshop entitled "Education Makes News!". The workshop that run concurrently with ZimbabweÂ’s celebration of the Education for All (EFA) Week familiarized journalists with EFAÂ’s Goals and objectives.

12.07.2005 Detained Zimbabweans have stopped their hunger strike after 18 days as more and more make bail; the High Court decides their fate on 4 August.

07.07.2005 Zimbabwe's program of home demolitions in the capital, Harare, has brought international condemnation. But in the past, international pressure on President Mugabe has tended to rise around a major summit, only to die down afterwards, leaving the country's government unscathed and unpunished, says Njalubo Ncube of Harare's Financial Gazette. Will it be the same this time?

07.07.2005 G8 and African leaders meeting today to discuss ways of fighting poverty in Africa should urge ZimbabweÂ’s government to end its campaign of forced evictions, which has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of thousands of Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch said today.

07.07.2005 As two Zimbabweans continued their hunger strike in a British detention centre, a judge advised the Government to suspend removals until 4 August when there would be a full hearing on the dangers of returning failed asylum-seekers to Harare.