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.

President Robert Mugabe headed for the UN General Assembly today, leaving Zimbabwe in limbo over a new power-sharing agreement with his political rivals.

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

The UK called for tough action in the face of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s defiance and signs of disunity among his opposition.

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.

Zimbabwe’s opposition said today it was facing escalating violence in the last days before a presidential runoff pitting its leader against long-time President Robert Mugabe.

Opposition officials accused ruling party militants of preventing the Movement for Democratic Change from holding a rally today, a day after a court lifted a ban on opposition rallies.

ZIMBABWE’S opposition accused military intelligence agents yesterday of a plot to kill party leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

A shipload of Chinese arms intended for Zimbabwe may have to return home undelivered after sparking an international outcry.

ZIMBABWE announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election yesterday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.

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

Political rallies were banned in Zimbabwe from today as the country’s crisis deepened.

Zimbabwe said today it was prepared to brief an emergency summit of southern African leaders on the situation in the country, but did not indicate whether President Robert Mugabe would attend.

President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party has demanded a vote recount and a further delay in the release of results from Zimbabwe’s presidential election, it is reported, in a move that sparked outrage from the opposition party.

President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party demanded a vote recount, and a further delay in the release of results from Zimbabwe’s presidential election today, prompting outrage from the opposition party.

Zimbabwe’s opposition party is appealing to the United Nations to intervene to avoid bloodshed as the country prepares for a presidential run-off.

Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission belatedly began announcing official results of elections today in which the opposition claimed to have beaten President Robert Mugabe.

ZIMBABWE’S main opposition party said last night that talks with President Robert Mugabe’s government on a constitution were in a deadlock.

Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition movement have reached a draft political accord which should help smooth the way for presidential and parliamentary elections next March, state media reported today.

A GENERAL strike called by union leaders over Zimbabwe’s economic crisis received a cool response yesterday, a day after the opposition ended its showdown with government over next year’s elections.

A draft constitutional amendment critics say further consolidates the ruling party’s power passed a hurdle in parliament today, but Zimbabwe’s main opposition spoke of progress elsewhere toward easing Zimbabwe’s political and economic crisis.

Riot police in Zimbabwe today raided the headquarters of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), arresting dozens of supporters, a spokesman claimed.

Government opponents in Zimbabwe today said the family of an opposition militant who was shot dead by police was forced to bury him at his rural home to avoid a ceremony in the capital that could have sparked demonstrations.

The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader was assaulted by security forces as he tried to leave the country, a party official said.

The leader of the main opposition party was detained by police who shot dead a protester as they broke up a “Save Zimbabwe” prayer meeting in the capital today.

POLICE used tear gas and water cannons to break up a key rally of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the Zimbabwean capital Harare yestertoday, arresting dozens of people, it has been reported.