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15.02.03
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EU cancels
Africa summit but renews
sanctions against Zimbabwe
EU sagt Afrika-Gipfel ab, verlängert aber
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The European Union has postponed indefinitely a
summit with African leaders planned for Portugal
in April as a result of EU sanctions over
Zimbabwe. Most European countries had said they
would boycott the summit if Zimbabwean President
Robert Mugabe was invited. African nations
indicated they would stay away unless Zimbabwe
was included. On Wednesday, EU nations agreed in
principle that their sanctions against Zimbabwe
should be renewed for another year.
Die Europäische Union hat angesichts eines
Streites um die Teilnhame von Präsident Mugabe
aus Simbabwe die für den 5. April 2003
vorgesehene europäisch-afrikanische
Gipfelkonferenz in Lissabon abgesagt. Die
Sanktionen der EU gegen Simbabwes Regierung
wurden um ein Jahr verlängert, zugleich ist aber
Präsident Robert Mugabe erlaubt worden, kommende
Woche am französisch-afrikanischen Gipfel in
Paris teilzunehmen. Diese Entscheidung geht zurück
auf eine persönliche Konfrontation zwischen
Frankreichs Präsident Chirac und
Grossbritanniens Premierminister Blair.
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The
last summit in Cairo, 04. April 2002.
This summit ended with the hope that Europe and
Africa will be on more equal footing by helping
Africa escape debt, disaster and war.
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Zimbabwe
has strained ties between London and Paris |
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EU had imposed travel restrictions on the
country's leaders and an arms sale ban on
Zimbabwe and frozen Zimbabwean assets in Europe
after failing to ensure Mr Mugabe improved human
rights and reversed controversial agricultural
food policies. But this will not take effect
before Mr Mugabe has attended a separate Franco-African
summit in Paris next week. The French threatened
to veto the renewal of sanctions without this
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12.02.03
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe
outfoxes his critics
In Simbabwe trickst
Mugabe seine Gegner aus |
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The European Union is
divided over whether to renew a travel ban and
assets freeze on Mr Mugabe and his closest
associates.The dithering over whether England
should play a Cricket World Cup match in Harare
has left the UK Government, and not Mr Mugabe,
with egg on its face. And now the Commonwealth
looks set to accept Zimbabwe back into the fold.
Die
Europäische Union ist sich uneinig, ob
Reiseeinschränkungen gegenüber Präsident
Mugabe und seinen engeren Mitarbeitern sowie das
Einfrieren von Konten beibehalten werden soll.
Die unklare Haltung hinsichtlich eines britischen
Auftretens bei der Kricket-Weltmeisterschaft in
Simbabwe schadete London, nicht Mugabe. Und wie
es aussieht, wird nach einjähriger Suspendierung
Simbabwe auch wieder im Commonwealth vertreten
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South
Africa's Mbeki is opposed to extending
Commonwealth sanctions against Zimbabwe
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England will not play their
World Cup opener against Zimbabwe in Harare on 13.02.03
Keiner der britischen
Spieler will Mugabe die Hand drücken |
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However, there is
a chance the game could be relocated to South
Africa later in the tournament. At the end of
last week, it emerged the England team had
received death threats from an organisation
called the "Sons and Daughters of Zimbabwe".
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games in the Cricket World Cup in Harare, two of
its leading cricketers launched a blistering
attack on the government’s appalling human
rights record and its lack of commitment to
democracy. |
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17.01.03
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Army General
acknowledges Zimbabwe crisis
Armee-General sieht
Krise in Simbabwe |
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"First,
we must admit there is a crisis. Everyone can see
that … so we must do something about it...
It is important for the nation to be told that we
are facing an economic crisis and that the people
should brace for it. In my view it is not right
to keep quiet and let nature take its course."
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Head
of Zimbabwe's armed forces General Vitalis
Zvinavashe has denied involvement in a conspiracy
to oust Mugabe from office saying only the
electorate had the constitutional power to do so.
Zvinavashe, a four-star general and hero of the
1970s liberation war, told the Business Tribune
this week that claims by the MDC that he was part
of a Zanu PF team negotiating Mugabe's peaceful
exit from power were "totally false".
The general, who rarely gives interviews to
journalists, said he and his officers had made it
clear prior to the March 2002 presidential
elections - exactly a year ago - that no soldier
under his command would salute anyone who never
fought or participated in Zimbabwe's war of
liberation. Tsvangiari, the only man to garner
more than one million votes against Mugabe, did
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Simbabwes
Armeechef, General Vitalis Zvinavashe, hat
dementiert, an Überlegungen beteiligt zu sein,
Präsident Mugabe einen Abgang aus dem Amt zu
verschaffen. Zugleich räumte er erstmals ein, daß
sich Simbabwe in einer wirtschaftlichen Krise
befindet. Es sei falsch, darüber zu schweigen.
Der General schlug in einem seltenen Presse-Interview
vor, zur Bewältigung der Krise eine "Task-Force"
einzurichten, die nur gegenüber Präsident
Mugabe verantwortlich sei. |
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15.01.03
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Zimbabwe abuzz
with Mugabe intrigue
In Simbabwe schwirren
Mugabe-Intrigen |
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The source of the new story
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Mugabe
resignation mooted
By Angus Shaw in Harare
London, 13jan03
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe would resign and a new
power-sharing government would take power under a
deal that has been discussed by Zimbabwe's ruling
party and opposition officials, mediators have
said...
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by the British Broadcasting Corporation |
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Reports
that senior officials are making plans for
President Robert Mugabe's departure have been
denied by Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had told the
BBC he had been approached with an offer of talks
from two of the most powerful figures in the
ruling Zanu-PF party.
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Tag in Deutschland |
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13.01.2003
11:45
Simbabwe
Regierung bietet Rücktritt Mugabes an
Simbabwes Regierung fordert von der Opposition
Straffreiheit und Exil für den Mann, der seinen
Staat in wirtschaftliche Not, Hunger und Chaos
trieb...
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| the official reaction in
Zimbabwe one day later |
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SENIOR
Zanu-PF officials yesterday dismissed as
mischievous and wishful thinking reports in the
British Press and television that there is a
hatched plot to force President Mugabe to stand
down and go into exile...
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| ...Mugabe himself speaking
to reporters during a visit in neighbouring
Zambia |
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15.01.03
"Well, I am not used to answering
questions about nightmares that are
dreamt in Britain at Number 10 Downing
Street and I only heard about that in the
papers. There is no truth in it at all,"
he said in response to a question by a
Zambian journalist who had asked him to
comment on the issue. "Only a few
months ago, the people elected me to
serve them and it will be foolhardy and
absolutely counter-revolutionary. In
fact, it is disrespectful of the support
that the people gave, the loyalty the
people reposed in me if today I am seen
to be surrendering to Mr Blair. Never
ever, never!"
The
Herald Online |
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wie sie schon vor einem Jahr in der deutschen
Presse erschien, analysiert mit einem weltmarkt-kritischen
Ansatz |
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"Mugabe
muss weg!"
Schon vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen in Simbabwe
stand für die westlichen Beobachter fest, dass
Robert Mugabe nicht mehr ins 21. Jahrhundert
passt. Das ist die einhellige Meinung, um die
sich Mugabe aber nicht kümmert, wenn er sich zum
fünften Mal im Amt bestätigen lassen will.
Dieses ungehörige Benehmen sichert ihm einen
"Platz in der Schurkenriege des Kontinents"
(Welt, 1.3.02). Aber was hat sich der Mann
eigentlich zuschulden kommen lassen?...
Die Analyse des GegenStandpunkt-Verlags jeden
Montag innerhalb des Lora-Magazins bei Lora München
UKW 92,4
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the time? |
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Friday,
10 January 2003
Mugabe holidays in the Far East
by Dumisani Muleya
WHILE the country is sinking deeper into economic
crisis, President Robert Mugabe is holidaying in
the Far East where he is anxious to establish new
relationships after Western countries last year
imposed sanctions on his regime...
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