Governance

HARARE , 4 July 2008 (IRIN) - The flower seller booths on Unity Square in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, are now the haunt of money changers, because this is one of the few commercial activities in the country still experiencing any kind of growth.

Cosmos, 24, fell into the business a few years ago while working at a bar, where he changed some local money for foreign tourists who had US dollars, or "green leaf" as he calls it. The roughly US$150 a month he makes in profit ...

By ConesaJohn

Tanzania has said it does not recognise Mr Robert Mugabe as the President of Zimbabwe, with Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Membe describing last week's run-off as “a highly flawed election”.

Mr Membe told a press conference in Dar es Salaam on Friday that the run-off on June 27, in which the embattled Mugabe was declared President, was declared null and void by the Africa Union during the recent summit held in Egypt.

In response to a question ...

By MacDonald Dzirutwe


HARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, defiant despite growing African condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.


As Mugabe struck an intransigent stance, both Nigeria and Botswana rejected his re-election because of pre-poll violence which the opposition says killed 103 of its supporters.

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