Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Perry Calderwood: Director DFAIT Eastern & Southern Africa Division; formerly Deputy to Prime Minister's Personal Representative on Africa and Minister Counsellor High Commission in South Africa; lamented that Western efforts to pressure Zimbabwe's President Robert Gabriel Mugabe have been 'frustrated by Africa's view that Africa should be taking the leading role'...

Zambian Vice-President Rupiah Banda who grew up in Zimbabwe and was Foreign Minister under Kenneth Kaunda flew to Harare on 1 August to mend fences between President Levy Mwanawasa (who called Zimbabwe a 'sinking Titanic') and Robert Mugabe...

More than 15 senior officers have been purged from the Zimbabwe Defence Force following investigations into plots to oust President Robert Mugabe a group of military officers told Africa Confidential this week...

The latest incarnation of the Lonrho conglomerate (which under the late Tiny Rowland smartly transferred its loyalty from Ian Smith to Robert Mugabe) is seeking another US$140 mn...

Bingu respects Banda as the Founder of the Nation as well as President Robert Mugabe of nearby Zimbabwe...

It's been a good week for President Robert Mugabe in Ghana at the African Union summit...

According to President Robert Mugabe Blair's departure opens the possibility of a new start to British-Zimbabwean relations...

Just as President Robert Mugabe touched down at Dar es Salaam airport for the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community the Harare police were arresting Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and ten other activists...

Sata is also close to former spymaster Emmerson Mnangagwa and a strong supporter of President Robert Mugabe...

However some development specialists such as Todd Moss and Stewart Patrick at the Centre for Global Development in Washington DC(i) argue that Zimbabwe should be treated as a post-conflict country in terms of the international engagement needed to help the post-Robert Mugabe transition...