Vice-captain Kevin O’Brien has been named in the Ireland squad to tour Zimbabwe and Namibia in October.

Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out an old speech at the opening of parliament without seeming to notice, an error which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa’s oldest leader was still of a sound mind.

As Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe prepares for an “obscene” $1m birthday party, the European Union made it clear they would not be bringing any gifts to his table.

Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for another five-year term as president of Zimbabwe after disputed elections in which the opposition alleged widespread vote-rigging.

When Zimbabwe’s veteran president Robert Mugabe suavely hosted journalists at State House on the eve of last month’s election, there was only one question that caught him off guard.

Lawyers for Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court against the election results that gave President Robert Mugabe 61% of the presidential vote.

ZIMBABWE’s MDC party, shocked by its overwhelming election defeat, has a battle on its hands to convince supporters it has any chance of taking power in the years to come.

Robert Mugabe looked to a seventh term in power in Zimbabwe after winning elections denounced by the opposition as “stolen” and criticised by Western powers.

Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed the election in Zimbabwe as a farce after his rival President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of state.

Mass evictions in Zimbabwe six years ago have left thousands of displaced children without education and even forced some to seek work in the sex industry to support their families, rights group Amnesty International said today.

The failing health of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe could jeopardise efforts to resolve his nation's political crisis, South Africa's ruling party said.

Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize British businesses in retaliation for Western economic sanctions targeting him and his supporters over alleged human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.

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The United Nations’ torture investigator blamed Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe for banning him from entering the country today.

ZIMBABWE’S prime minister yesterday withdrew, at least temporarily, from a coalition government with hard-line President Robert Mugabe, setting back already troubled efforts to end Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises and international isolation.

ZIMBABWE’s government has ordered all state schools to slash their fees as it struggles with an economic crisis desperately crying out for massive foreign aid, a local official newspaper said yesterday.

Zimbabwe’s top bank official today admitted secretly raiding private accounts for hard cash to keep the country running.

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said today there was “no foul play” involved in a car accident that killed his wife and injured him.

Zimbabwe’s prime minister has left the country for medical treatment after he was injured in a car crash that killed his wife, state media reported today.

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe has sent prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s family condolences after his wife was killed in a crash, state radio reported tonight.

The Zimbabwean prime minister’s party today called for an investigation into the car crash that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife, but warned Zimbabweans not to jump to conclusions about the cause.

The wife of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was killed in a car crash today.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said today that land seizures would continue, and he called for the country’s last white farmers to leave.

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said a national unity government was “the only way out” of Zimbabwe’s crises and urged the international community to support it.

Zimbabwe's new prime minister today blamed the arrest of one of his top aides on factions who want to destroy the country's coalition government.

Hopes of a smooth transition for Zimbabwe's power-sharing government were dashed today when a leading member of the party opposing president Robert Mugabe was arrested.

New Zimbabwe prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai promised urgent change for his beleaguered country after being sworn into office by bitter rival Robert Mugabe today.

ZIMBABWEAN opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday appointed Tendai Biti to be finance minister in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will become prime minister tomorrow as part of a power-sharing agreement with president Robert Mugabe the country hopes will help solve its growing crisis.

Zimbabwe’s parliament passed a key constitutional amendment that opens the way for a unity government after years of deadly political conflict.

Two members of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party today said it would join a unity government in early February.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe today risked a Western backlash by declaring he was ready to form a government on his own if the opposition refused to join him in power-sharing.

Southern African leaders ended an all-night summit on forming a unity government in Zimbabwe but the regional leaders and representatives of Zimbabwe’s opposition disagreed on the results.

President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet today for talks aimed at implementing a power-sharing agreement for Zimbabwe signed in September but stalled by disagreements over Cabinet posts.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has returned home for talks on the deadlock in a power-sharing agreement reached last September but never implemented.

A boy of two has finally been released from jail in Zimbabwe after being held for weeks with his parents who face political charges.

ZIMBABWE’S opposition MDC insisted yesterday an “equitable” sharing of powerful ministries and the resolution of other outstanding political issues were key to the formation of a unity government.

A Zimbabwean human rights activist missing for three weeks was taken to court accused, according to state media, of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.

A Zimbabwean human rights activist missing for three weeks suddenly appeared in court today accused of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe today dismissed calls by Britain and the US for him to step down as “stupid”.

A defiant Robert Mugabe today boasted that no other African country had the courage to remove him from power.

ZIMBABWE’s neighbours will launch an urgent humanitarian campaign in the hope of saving the country from economic collapse and a cholera epidemic, South African president Kgalema Motlanthe said yesterday.

Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe dealt with his country’s growing cholera epidemic crisis today by declaring it did not exist.

The death toll from Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak has risen sharply, the United Nations said, reporting 775 deaths and 16,141 cases of the waterborne disease in the southern African nation.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that it was “well past time” for Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to leave office.

ZIMBABWE’S opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) may boycott a meeting to discuss a constitutional bill that would allow President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government, an opposition official said.

An Indian spiritual teacher known as “the Hugging Saint” is in the running for the Tipperary Peace Prize, it emerged today.

Zimbabwe’s neighbours will hold a summit to try to resolve the southern African nation’s power-sharing impasse.

ZIMBABWEAN president Robert Mugabe has sworn in two vice presidents ahead of talks on forming a cabinet, a government official has said, a move that could further endanger power-sharing negotiations.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has chosen key ministries for his own party to control in a new government, according to the country’s official Herald newspaper.