Zimbabwe Politics

Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday.

Thirty-seven years ago, Robert Mugabe was feted as a titan who had won Africa's last great war against colonialism.

Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe Tuesday, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda told lawmakers, ending a 37-year rule defined by brutality and economic collapse.

Here is a timeline of the developing political crisis in Zimbabwe, where the country's 93-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, insists he is still in power despite a military takeover and a rising clamour for him to quit.

Zimbabwe's military took control of the country and its longtime leader President Robert Mugabe early Wednesday, capping a political showdown over Mugabe's apparent attempts to install his wife as successor.

Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time ally of President Robert Mugabe, was sworn in as vice-president Friday, putting him firmly in line to succeed the veteran ruler.

With his appointment as official deputy to 90-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, a secretive hardliner known as 'The Crocodile', is well set as the eventual successor to Africa's oldest head of state.

Zimbabwe's disputed election has plunged the country back into a deep political crisis and could open the way for decades more of autocratic rule.

He hails from Beijbehara, a small town in Kashmir, which is hardly a speck on the country's cricketing map. If not poor, facilities for playing the game are modest at best. The political turmoil in the valley only makes it more difficult for the talented cricketers to make it big. But Rasool has been a one of a kind.

Rasool had a good outing for Board President's XI against Australia, picking up seven wickets while also contributing useful runs with the bat.

Sri Lanka's sports minister on Monday blasted the national cricket team's recent performances, saying the side was riven by politics and in "crisis".

New Zealand are looking to resume cricket tours of Zimbabwe next year as a measure of political calm returns to the African country, officials said.

Kenya confirmed they will host Zimbabwe in four ODIs in Nairobi in October despite political turmoil raging in the southern African nation.

Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday.

Thirty-seven years ago, Robert Mugabe was feted as a titan who had won Africa's last great war against colonialism.

Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe Tuesday, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda told lawmakers, ending a 37-year rule defined by brutality and economic collapse.

Here is a timeline of the developing political crisis in Zimbabwe, where the country's 93-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, insists he is still in power despite a military takeover and a rising clamour for him to quit.

Zimbabwe's military took control of the country and its longtime leader President Robert Mugabe early Wednesday, capping a political showdown over Mugabe's apparent attempts to install his wife as successor.

Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time ally of President Robert Mugabe, was sworn in as vice-president Friday, putting him firmly in line to succeed the veteran ruler.

With his appointment as official deputy to 90-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, a secretive hardliner known as 'The Crocodile', is well set as the eventual successor to Africa's oldest head of state.

Zimbabwe's disputed election has plunged the country back into a deep political crisis and could open the way for decades more of autocratic rule.

He hails from Beijbehara, a small town in Kashmir, which is hardly a speck on the country's cricketing map. If not poor, facilities for playing the game are modest at best. The political turmoil in the valley only makes it more difficult for the talented cricketers to make it big. But Rasool has been a one of a kind.

Rasool had a good outing for Board President's XI against Australia, picking up seven wickets while also contributing useful runs with the bat.

Sri Lanka's sports minister on Monday blasted the national cricket team's recent performances, saying the side was riven by politics and in "crisis".

New Zealand are looking to resume cricket tours of Zimbabwe next year as a measure of political calm returns to the African country, officials said.

Kenya confirmed they will host Zimbabwe in four ODIs in Nairobi in October despite political turmoil raging in the southern African nation.