International Business News - Zimbabwe http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif President Obama pledged $73 million to Zimbabwe after meeting with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the White House on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090613/obama-pledges-73-million-aid-zimbabwe.htm Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:03:35 EDT South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma on Friday criticized Western powers for holding back aid to Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe was still in power. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211318-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/s-africa-039zuma-criticizes-west-over-zimbabwe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/s-africa-039zuma-criticizes-west-over-zimbabwe.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:14:52 EDT Australia has pledged to provide $6.4m to Zimbabwe to help provide clean water and draw health professionals back into the system, becoming the first Western country to announce the aid. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210602-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/australia-aid-zimbabwe-robert-mugabe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/australia-aid-zimbabwe-robert-mugabe.htm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:11 EDT President Robert Mugabe joined mourning for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife Tuesday and called on Zimbabweans to end violence and support his old rival in rebuilding the shattered country. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210516-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090310/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangarai-support.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090310/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangarai-support.htm Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:34:31 EDT Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday ruled out foul play as the cause of a car crash that injured him and killed his wife, easing concerns that it would increase tensions in the new government. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210460-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090309/zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangirai-accident.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090309/zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangirai-accident.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:08:41 EDT Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he was injured on Friday when a truck slammed into their vehicle, officials in his MDC party said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210387-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangirai-susantsvangirai.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangirai-susantsvangirai.htm Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:56:32 EST Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday made his first call for an end to international sanctions, part of his bid to start rebuilding the shattered economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210236-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-morgan-tsvangirai-international-sanctions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-morgan-tsvangirai-international-sanctions.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:57:11 EST Hollywood character, Matt Damon was moved as he listened to a pregnant Zimbabwean woman describe how she was raped and the hardships she faced crossing into South Africa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/zimbabwe-refugees-plight-south-africa.htm Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:31:25 EST Southern African finance ministers agreed on Friday to push for donor help to rebuild Zimbabwe from economic collapse, and put the initial need at $2 billion, South Africa's foreign minister said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090227/southern-africa-zimbabwe-ministers-help.htm Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:17:42 EST This weekend Zimbabwe's president turns 85 and he looks forward to lavish celebrations next week while the children are left to starve and more than half the population is being fed by international aid. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209760-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090220/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-birthday-celebration-poverty.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090220/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-birthday-celebration-poverty.htm Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:17:58 EST Zimbabwe is engaging South Africa over using its neighbour's rand currency to boost foreign exchange liquidity, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090219/zimbabwe-south-africa-rand-tsvangirai.htm Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:26:08 EST MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's MDC may be reluctant to quit the new unity government formed to lead the country out of economic crisis, despite the arrest of one of its senior officials, a top party official said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090216/zimbabwe-unity-government-mdc-zanupf-robert-mugabe.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:54:39 EST So far at least 73 385 Zimbabweans have been infected with water-borne diarrhea disease since August and 3 524 have died, in Africa's deadliest cholera outbreak in 15 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090213/zimbabwe-cholera-epidemic-cases.htm Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:53:21 EST On Wednesday, Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as they country's prime minister. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209397-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090211/zimbabwe-pm-sworn-morgan-tsvangarai-robert-mugabe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090211/zimbabwe-pm-sworn-morgan-tsvangarai-robert-mugabe.htm Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:26 EST The United Nations says an out-of-control cholera epidemic has sickened more than 60,000 Zimbabweans since August. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090130/zimbabwe-cholera-deaths-hunger-crisis.htm Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:57:50 EST On Thursday the acting finance minister of Zimbabwe announced Zimbabweans will be allowed to conduct business in multiple currencies, alongside the Zimbabwean dollar, in an attempt to tackle soaring inflation rates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090129/zimbabwe-currency-other.htm Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:06:15 EST On Monday Southern African Bishops urged African leaders to stop supporting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe or accept complicity in a "passive genocide." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090126/mugabe-zimbabwe-bishops-passive-genocide.htm Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:07:23 EST On Friday the ruling party of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's refuses to budge on any demands from the opposition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090123/power-sharing-zimbabwe-mugabe-tsvangirai.htm Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:14:11 EST A day after long talks without conclusion, Southern African leaders planned a new summit to break Zimbabwe's political impasse. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208929-morgan-tsvangirai.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090121/power-sharing-zimbabwe-mugabe-tsvangirai.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090121/power-sharing-zimbabwe-mugabe-tsvangirai.htm Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:34:52 EST On Friday the death toll of the Zimbabwe epidemic had reached an alarming number of 2,225. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208791-ap-photo-tsvangirayi-mukwazhi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090116/cholera-zimbabwe-deaths.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090116/cholera-zimbabwe-deaths.htm Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:00:45 EST