Robert mugabe News

Harare - The Chinese government has agreed to provide Zimbabwe with a $36 million loan to fund various initiatives in the east African country.

During all the pomp of the inaugural mass for Pope Francis, one face in the VIP section caused a stir. Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, has been banned from visiting any EU countries since 2002 but Pope Francis went so far as to shake his hand.

Earlier this month, Robert Mugabe was apparently dying in a Singapore hospital bed. As he returns home, it is time to look back on the legacy of the British Empire as documented by Jeremy Paxman in his recent TV series.

Richmore Mashinga Jazi, a carpenter from Dangamvuru in Zimbabwe has been arrested and charged after making a joke about the country's president Robert Mugabe's birthday party.

Harare - The Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, 88, during a speech he gave at his recent lavish birthday party, reacted to the British Prime Minister David Cameron's call in support of gay rights, saying, "to hell with you."

Robert Mugabe turns 88 on Feb. 21 and, as has become tradition, will celebrate in tremendous style with literally millions being spent on ensuring the dictator has a day to remember. Meanwhile, the people of Zimbabwe are starving and dying.

Harare - The European Union has extended and lifted a small number of sanctions against the African nation of Zimbabwe. However, EU members extended an arms embargo and development aid freeze. Restrictions have still been placed on President Robert Mugabe.

Civil service unions in Zimbabwe are set to strike today Jan 19 after Public Service Minister, Lucia Matibenga, told media that she had no wish to discuss the matter.

The 87-year-old president of Zimbabwe has refused to resign ahead of proposed elections next year. Robert Mugabe says he will stay on to lead the country against what he called a Western crusade for regime change in the southern African country.

Harare - Officials from a splinter faction that split from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change were briefly detained and later released without charge by Zimbabwean police. It is still unclear as to why the ministers are arrested.