Mr Mugabe ignored a midday deadline by the party's central committee to resign.

Thousands of people are marching in Zimbabwe's capital Harare to demand the removal of Robert Mugabe from power after nearly four decades.

Opponents of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe are preparing to demonstrate for the ousting of the 93-year-old leader who is virtually powerless and deserted by most of his allies.

Many Zimbabweans travel to Zambia by bus daily to trade in foodstuffs and clothes.

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe arrived home from a weeks-long holiday looking sprightly, quashing rumours that he had a heart attack.

Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect a popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedly illegal hunt, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday.

As the tyrant totters towards decrepitude, his country slides into famine. By Graham Boynton

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for him to be hanged.

Gormley: Bankers hid insolvency issue in run-up to guarantee; Two prisoners scale wall to stage roof protest at Cloverhill; Bionic suit allows paralysed jockey Jonjo Bright 'step into the unknown'; Two charged over killing Cecil the lion; farmer 'had no hunting permit' These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this evening.

ZIMBABWE: Harare resident Alice Mhandara spent a US dollar to take the bus into town to answer the government call to trade in her old Zimbabwe dollars, but she left the bank in disgust when her 90 trillion in old currency wouldn’t even cover the bus ticket home.

Zimbabweans will start exchanging ‘quadrillions’ of local dollars for a few US dollars next week, as president Robert Mugabe’s government discards its virtually worthless national currency, the central bank said.

Police officers are being told to lighten up — with smiles-

Marking his 90th birthday, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said he is not ready for retirement.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe claims his party won “a resounding mandate” from voters to complete a sweeping black empowerment programme to take over foreign and white-owned assets.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has declared his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals “like garbage.”

ZIMBABWE’s MDC party, shocked by its overwhelming election defeat, has a battle on its hands to convince supporters it has any chance of taking power in the years to come.

Zimbabweans are voting in elections that will determine the future of long-time President Robert Mugabe, who has denied allegations of vote-rigging despite concerns about the credibility of the polls.

The role of election monitors will be vital to ensure free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, writes Mary Lawlor

Zimbabwe’s president said he is confident his party can win proposed elections, and he criticised opponents for losing sight of the nation’s future goals.

MASS evictions in Zimbabwe six years ago have left thousands of displaced children without education and even forced some to seek work in the sex industry to support their families, rights group Amnesty International said.

UNICEF Ireland ambassador Donncha O’Callaghan with children at the Central Methodist School in Johannesburg during his 2009 visit. This year he is urging Irish people to give children in Zimbabwe every chance to succeed.

Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize British businesses in retaliation for Western economic sanctions targeting him and his supporters over alleged human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwean police detained 46 people, including a former politician, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, an independent lawyers group said.

A coalition government minister dismissed a proposal by Robert Mugabe’s party to bring British and American business chiefs before Zimbabwe’s media to denounce their countries’ sanctions.

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe said today he will retaliate against Western economic curbs imposed on his party.

The under-belly of South African society is unlikely to be given the spotlight over the next month, says Fiachra O Cionnaith.

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Up to a quarter of Zimbabweans urgently need food aid, the Red Cross said today.

Newly-appointed UNICEF Ireland ambassador Donncha O'Callaghan has just completed his first field visit in South Africa.

In an impassioned appeal, Zimbabwe’s long-suffering Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for people to get over their obsession with his long-time enemy, President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe’s top bank official today admitted secretly raiding private accounts for hard cash to keep the country running.

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe has sent prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s family condolences after his wife was killed in a crash, state radio reported tonight.

The Zimbabwean prime minister’s party today called for an investigation into the car crash that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife, but warned Zimbabweans not to jump to conclusions about the cause.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said today that land seizures would continue, and he called for the country’s last white farmers to leave.

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said a national unity government was “the only way out” of Zimbabwe’s crises and urged the international community to support it.

Zimbabwe will pay government workers in US dollars, the new finance minister announced today.

Zimbabwe's new prime minister today blamed the arrest of one of his top aides on factions who want to destroy the country's coalition government.

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

An out-of-control cholera epidemic has sickened more than 60,000 Zimbabweans since August, the United Nations said today.

ZIMBABWE’s humanitarian disaster is far worse than anticipated with only 6% of the population formally employed and more than half in need of emergency food aid, a UN report has said.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe today risked a Western backlash by declaring he was ready to form a government on his own if the opposition refused to join him in power-sharing.

A human rights activist today urged Hong Kong to deport the daughter of Robert Mugabe if it is confirmed she is studying at a local university and the Zimbabwean president is funding her education.

Supposed power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai remained mired in deadlock today.

President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet today for talks aimed at implementing a power-sharing agreement for Zimbabwe signed in September but stalled by disagreements over Cabinet posts.