President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party won a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections, clearing the way for him to change Zimbabwe’s constitution and tighten his grip on power – despite the opposition’s refusal to accept the result and widespread accusations that the vote was flawed.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe branded opposition supporters as traitors yesterday, raising fears of political violence ahead of Zimbabwe's general election.

ONE of Zimbabwe’s most outspoken church leaders called for a peaceful uprising against President Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule, just days before a parliamentary election that rights groups say is already tainted from years of violence and intimidation.

One of Zimbabwe’s most outspoken church leaders called for a peaceful popular uprising to oust President Robert Mugabe in an interview with a South African newspaper today.

One person died and at least 11 were wounded in violent clashes on the second day of polling in a parliamentary by-election in Zimbabwe today, hospital officials said.

The Zimbabwe opposition today refuted remarks by South African President Thabo Mbeki that it has agreed to early elections.

BELEAGUERED Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to hold formal talks with the opposition, South Africa’s president said yesterday.

An anti-government strike shut down much of Zimbabwe’s economy on the second day of a national week of protest called against the increasingly repressive rule of President Robert Mugabe.

Police arrested Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai today ahead of widespread anti-government protests that the authorities had vowed to crush.

Twenty Zimbabwean church pastors were arrested today after they marched to police headquarters in Harare to hand in a petition protesting at state-orchestrated political violence.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai goes on trial today charged with plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe.

President Robert Mugabe has won the most bitter presidential election in Zimbabwe’s history, unofficial results showed today.

Zimbabweans’ three-day wait for a chance to vote in the most bitterly contested elections in their nation’s history ended with police wielding clubs and firing tear gas.

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has been charged with treason less than two weeks before the presidential elections that threaten to end nearly 22 years of Robert Mugabe’s rule.

A woman and her 10-year-old son hid from immigration officials in a Montreal church because she said she preferred a Canadian jail to a death squad at home in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe plans to ban independent monitors ahead of presidential elections expected early next year.