A Zimbabwean court has freed "for now" an American woman charged with subversion for allegedly describing former president Robert Mugabe on Twitter as a "sick man".

African leaders publicly criticised Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe regime today, breaking their self-imposed silence over the country’s crisis.

Zimbabwe's opposition political party called a nationwide strike today after the country's High Court rejected an appeal for the immediate release of delayed presidential election results.

Zimbabwe’s opposition has called for a general strike tomorrow in protest at the continuing chaos over the country’s delayed presidential election results.