The sisters of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney have been nominated for an international humanitarian award, it was announced today.

The Prince of Wales shook hands with the Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe at the Pope’s funeral today.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe arrived in Rome to attend the funeral of Pope John II, sidestepping a European Union travel ban because it does not apply to the Vatican.

President Robert Mugabe defied a European Union travel ban and flew from Zimbabwe unannounced to join world leaders attending Pope John Paul II’s funeral in Rome, state radio announced today.

ZIMBABWE’S fractured and frustrated political opposition is starting to question whether its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, can bring down President Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU-PF party.

President Robert Mugabe’s branding of opposition supporters as traitors rang out repeatedly on state radio, raising fears of new political violence as his party and its main rival held rallies two days before parliamentary elections.

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.

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.