Miliband backs tougher UN sanctions against Mugabe

2 Johannesburg: Britain called for tough action as well as talk in the face of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's defiance and signs of disunity among his opposition. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged South Africa and the rest of the ...

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and the victor in March's first round of presidential elections, rejected an invitation to talks from President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, who is leading much-maligned ...

Zimbabwean opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai snubbed mediation efforts by South African President Thabo Mbeki when he, at the last minute, failed to turn up for a meeting at Zimbabwe House, where he was scheduled to meet President Mugabe on ...

The foreign secretary called on the international community to unite in condemning the re-election of the Zimbabwean president in a poll on March 29 widely criticised as a sham. Mr Miliband, who is in South Africa for talks with the government, ...

Britain is seeking support for a United Nations Security Council resolution that would impose tough new sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his allies. British Foreign Secretary David Milband spoke in South Africa Sunday while ...

The marchers also protested the "illegitimate" swearing in of Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwean president....

Miliband added, "It is imperative that a government be formed with respect to the 29th of March result because this is now a crisis and it's affecting the whole of southern Africa." Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition Movement for ...

between Zanu PF and the MDC with a mixture of hope, suspicion and in some instances, disappointment, The Standard can report. Some believe the only way out of the current crisis lies in a power-sharing agreement between the two parties, but others ...

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday said his party had recorded nine deaths countrywide since the election run-off while his party's information department yesterday said the number had since risen to 12. The deaths reportedly occurred in ...

Southern African Development Community) facilitation". South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis, on Saturday held his first talks with Mugabe in Harare since the latter's re-election but was snubbed by ...