Zimbabwe elections: Mugabe in power until he dies?
Despite appearing ever more out of touch with his people, 89-year-old Robert Mugabe looks unlikely to relinquish power just yet – no matter who wins the election.
In typical feisty form, Robert Mugabe hits out at his rivals saying they should accept the result of the presidential election or “commit suicide” adding that “dogs will not sniff their carcasses”.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai rejects an election result giving victory to President Robert Mugabe and says he would exhaust all legal remedies to challenge it.
It is a familiar cry at any vote: it’s been rigged! As accusations of farce are thrown at Zimbabwe’s contest, Channel 4 News looks at a few of the more audacious election heists in recent history.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, has dismissed Robert Mugabe’s claims to victory in the country’s general election as a “farce”, insisting the results are null and void.
Zimbabweans flock to polling stations to decide if Robert Mugabe, who has vowed he will step down if he loses, will extend his 33-year-long presidency.
Despite appearing ever more out of touch with his people, 89-year-old Robert Mugabe looks unlikely to relinquish power just yet – no matter who wins the election.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe announces state elections will be held by the end of July – in line with a court ruling but potentially setting the stage for a political row over timings.
Zimbabwean newspaper reports of the ill-health of Robert Mugabe have sparked a wave of speculation over his condition in the country that the 88-year-old president has ruled since 1980.
A 22-year-old Australian backpacker says it is a “miracle” she is alive after her cord snapped during a bungee jump over the Zambesi River on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Nine caucuses and five presidents? Writing for Channel 4 News, journalist Tawanda Kanhema tracks the US presidential caucuses alongside Zimbabwe’s treacherous path to democracy.
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses where conflicts are most likely to erupt over the next 12 months.
The president of the World Diamond Council tells Channel 4 News the Kimberley process means consumers know their diamonds are not from conflict areas – but campaigners disagree as they pull out.
Hope comes from unexpected quarters. For the global diamond industry it comes from Zimbabwe, where massive diamond deposits have been identified in the last few years.
Channel 4 News has exclusive access to secret filming by Unreported World showing the “blood diamond” industry is still gripping Africa as troops continue to abuse Zimbabwe’s diamond panners.
Why is Africa poor? Here’s one reason – to ship copper from Zambia to a port in South Africa (the nearest) takes three weeks and costs $6,000 per week. The same journey in Europe takes 48 hours and costs a fraction of that. Bureaucratic border crossing, rotten and rotting railways, disintegrating roads… They all speak…