http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/716/ en_GB_uk Zimbabwe http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83907 Zimabwe's President Robert Mugabe may now be setting his sights on new political opponents - this time within his own ZANU-PF party. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83902 South Africa should stop deporting Zimbabweans, said an international humanitarian group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83856 Join Kofi Annan, Wangari Maathai, Desmond Tutu and scores of other African civil society leaders in their call for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe on 27 June. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83837 Washington has urged the United Nations Security Council to take up immediate consideration of the situation in Zimbabwe after reports of "state-sponsored violence" and political arrests there. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83684 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83640 An outreach and education program for youth that have lost their homes and families helps girls like Tryphine Chikabida, 14 years old, overcome the challenges of life in Zimbabwe. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83611 Zimbabwean groups have asked the international community not to turn away from their country at this key moment. Human rights advocates in Washington have picked up the mantle, urging their African counterparts to press Robert Mugabe on key issues of democracy and human rights. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/160123/1/ Freelance journalist Frank Chikowore was on April 21, 2008 finally charged with public violence, appearing in court almost a week after his arrest together with six other accused persons among them the opposition MDC's director of information and publicity, Luke Tamborinyoka. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160111/1/ Churches in Zimbabwe are opening their doors to give refuge to people fleeing violence following the elections held almost a month ago. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83522 Whatever happens to the Chinese arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe, the case highlights the urgent need for the UN to work towards an Arms Trade Treaty at a meeting in New York later this month, says a leading development group. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83502 Mugabe's ZANU-PF party is "using a network of informal detention centers to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans," reports a human rights monitor. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83453 An urgent application has been made to suspend a transport permit allowing arms from China -- currently anchored in a South African harbor -- to be conveyed to the government of Zimbabwe. From: Business Day http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83401 As the baton of violence heads over to Zimabwe, Bronwen Manby looks at the African Peer Review Mechanism in relation to Kenya, its shortcomings such as lack of follow-up and political teeth and the urgent lessons from its engagement with Kenya. From Pambazuka News http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83362 A Zimbabwe High Court judge ruled against an opposition case today, declaring he will not order an immediate release of the March 29 election results. From: Mail and Guardian http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159683/1/ WASHINGTON, Apr 11 (OneWorld) - African development experts here are cautiously optimistic that Zimbabwe's election process, while still disputed, will bring about historic change for the country's 12 million people.