Militants from Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party have launched raids at boating clubs and tourism lodges on the shores of the capital’s main fishing and leisure area, tour operators said.

A coalition government minister dismissed a proposal by Robert Mugabe’s party to bring British and American business chiefs before Zimbabwe’s media to denounce their countries’ sanctions.

* January 6: Three members of UDR killed by an IRA landmine near Castlewellan, Co Down.

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

Zimbabwe police raided a house used by executives of prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, saying they were searching for weapons, the country’s finance minister said today.

Zimbabwe’s prime minister is to boycott the country’s troubled unity government over the “persecution” of a top aide being tried on trumped up coup charges.

THE European Union said yesterday it will not remove sanctions targeting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists or resume development aid until more is done to implement a year-old power-sharing agreement andrestore human rights.

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.

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.

A DISHEVELLED looking man has taken to lying on the elegant doorways facing Leinster House in recent weeks and using those ivory coloured perches to, in turn, hurl obscenities at passers-by and then demand money from them.

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.

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 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.

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.

Britain today gave a cautious welcome to a power-sharing deal signed today between political rivals in Zimbabwe.

ZIMBABWE’S opposition will get more cabinet posts than President Robert Mugabe’s party in the long-sought unity government, state radio has reported.

ZIMBABWE’S main opposition party said yesterday the latest talks on power-sharing with the ruling ZANU-PF that resumed on Friday in South Africa did not reach agreement.

Opposition MPs heckled and jeered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe today as he opened the country’s parliament.

ZIMBABWE’s opposition won the vote for speaker of the first parliament since disputed elections in March — apparently claiming votes even from the ruling party of autocratic President Robert Mugabe yesterday amid stalled talks over sharing power.

The candidate for Zimbabwe’s main opposition party was given the top job in parliament today after MPs were sworn in some five months after they were elected.

Two Zimbabwe opposition politicians were arrested today as they entered parliament to be sworn in, their party said.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe intends to open parliament next week for the first time since MPs were elected four months ago, threatening to undermine power-sharing talks.

South African leaders tonight urged negotiators to build on the basis for a power-sharing agreement to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader faced mounting pressure today to agree to a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe today gave a downcast assessment of power-sharing negotiations.

Robert Mugabe is to remain as president of Zimbabwe in a deal thrashed out in peace talks today.

Reports from southern Africa suggest a breakthrough has been reached in peace talks over Zimbabwe that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as president.

South African president Thabo Mbeki, mediating in Zimbabwe’s post-election crisis, will travel to Harare today amid growing optimism a power-sharing deal can be reached between the ruling party and opposition.

ZIMBABWE’S opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will run the country under a mooted draft agreement while President Robert Mugabe will become ceremonial president, a South African newspaper reported yesterday.

Senior negotiators from Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the ruling ZANU-PF party began talks yesterday and a report indicated they were close to reaching a deal on forming a unity government.

ZIMBABWE’s rival parties have moved closer to a deal to allow fully fledged talks on the country’s crisis, state media said yesterday, after sanctions against Robert Mugabe’s regime were vetoed at the UN.

Zimbabwe’s opposition party reported today that at least 113 of its members have been killed in political violence since the country held its first round of presidential voting in March.

Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa in a bid to find a way out of their country’s troubles following the recent presidential election run-off.

Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa today to try to find a way out of their country’s deadly crisis.

Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition resumed talks today aimed at resolving the country’s violent political crisis, an official said.

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe shrugged off calls for his resignation today as his chief spokesman told Western critics to “go hang”.

White farmers protesting over their land being seized were attacked by Robert Mugabe’s supporters the same day he was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president, it emerged today.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term today, just hours after officials announced that he had overwhelmingly won an election many countries have condemned as a sham. His main rival dismissed the inauguration and said the next step would be power-sharing talks.

Zimbabwe holds its one-candidate presidential run-off today with President Robert Mugabe expected to orchestrate a mass turnout of voters in a show of strength designed to emphasise his hold on power.

IN Zimbabwe the intimidation of ordinary people continues.

Police raided Zimbabwe’s opposition party’s headquarters and took away about 60 people following its decision to withdraw from a run-off election against Robert Mugabe.