New Zimbabwe prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai promised urgent change for his beleaguered country after being sworn into office by bitter rival Robert Mugabe today.

Teachers have become targets in Zimbabwe’s post-election violence, union officials said today.

HEAVILY armed police swooped down on opposition headquarters and independent election observers’ offices in Harare yesterday, arresting hundreds in the clearest signal to date that the Zimbabwean government intends to hold on to power.

Riot police and intelligence officers today ransacked Zimbabwe’s opposition party headquarters and the offices of independent election monitors.