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Connection to Mugabe Threatens South African President's Legacy

But Mbeki's long -- and so far, failed -- diplomatic bid to ease Mugabe into retirement after 28 years has tied the legacies of the two men together, and badly damaged Mbeki's reputation as the exemplar of a new kind of African president. The leader ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  14 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Inside Mugabe's Violent Crackdown

Then Mugabe told the gathering he planned to give up power in a televised speech to the nation the next day, according to the written notes of one participant that were corroborated by two other people with direct knowledge of the meeting. But Zimbabwe' ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  5 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Solomon Mujuru,  Morgan Tsvangirai

Crackdown in Zimbabwe Conducted From the Top

Then Mugabe told the gathering he planned to give up power in a televised speech to the nation the next day, according to the written notes of one participant that were corroborated by two other people with direct knowledge of the meeting. But Zimbabwe' ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  4 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Solomon Mujuru,  Morgan Tsvangirai

Police Charge Mugabe Rival

In this Thursday May 22, 2008 file photo Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change leader and presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai addresses a crowd of displaced Zimbabweans at the Alexandra police station in the Alexandra Township, near ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Morgan Tsvangirai,  Robert Mugabe

In Postwar Liberia, Patrons With Lavish Tastes

Instead, the Barracuda Bar -- the new favorite hangout of ambassadors, U.N. officials and legions of aid workers whose shiny white SUVs jam the parking lot most nights -- opted to dress its staff in Japanese-style robes and red bandannas. Bigger orders ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  29 May 2008
Related Topics: United Nations,  Van de Velde

Amid Broken Dreams, Poverty Breeds Hatred

The violence that flared here, and in communities like it all over the Johannesburg area during two weeks of mob attacks that have left at least 56 people dead, has carried echoes of this nation's notorious past. But the rage is not old. It is new, ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  26 May 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki

S. African Troops to Help Protect Immigrants

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From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  Robert Mugabe

S. Africa military to take on violence

JOHANNESBURG - President Thabo Mbeki yesterday called on South Africa's military to help quell widening attacks against immigrants in the nation's poorest neighborhoods, where images of riots, overwhelmed police, and burning victims have revived ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, Boston Globe,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki

South Africans Fear Backlash of Violence

A mob, armed with hand carved weapons in a squatter settlement in Reiger Park, south of Johannesburg, Sunday May 18, 2008. Mobs went on the rampage in a frenzy of anti-foreigner hatred throughout poor suburbs with at least seven people reported dead. ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  19 May 2008

Foreigners Attacked in S. Africa

The nighttime rampages have turned police stations in several townships in the Johannesburg area into virtual refugee camps, with makeshift tents, portable toilets and clusters of terrified people, many displaying wounds from the attacks. Many have ...

From CRAIG TIMBERG, The Washington Post,  18 May 2008

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