Movement for democratic change
Court grants bail to 3 MDC officials who were ‘abducted & tortured’
The three were abducted and tortured in May, but the government claims the three faked their disappearance and arrested them.
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3 MDC officials accused of faking their abduction & torture denied bail
Their alleged abduction and torture in May shocked the international community and sparked criticism of the Zimbabwe government.
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UN experts call for end to abductions, torture in Zimbabwe
The experts, who included members of the UN’s working group on enforced disappearances, said last year alone 49 cases of abduction and torture were reported in the country.
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Mnangagwa meets with opposition leaders, excluding MDC’s Chamisa
The meeting took place at Mnangagwa's farm in central Zimbabwe on Sunday, fuelling criticism that negotiations are one-sided.
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MDC seeks court interdict blocking Zim cops from entering offices
On Monday, anti-riot police stormed the premises forcing staff to leave.
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Zimbabwe anti-riot police seal off MDC headquarters in Harare
The police said they discovered more than 200 anti-riot police helmets stashed in the basement of a nearby building.
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MDC postpones 20th-anniversary celebrations after Mugabe's death
On Tuesday, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said it was un-African for some to celebrate while others were mourning.
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State has no case against MDC organiser Amos Chibaya, says lawyer
Chibaya is facing charges after he failed to stop a protest two weeks ago.
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Zimbabwe arrests senior opposition official over demonstration
The MDC, which accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of repression and economic mismanagement, called a demonstration last Friday as the start of a nationwide protest movement but it was banned by the police.
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Zim govt accuses western diplomats of interfering in internal affairs
The embassies of the European Union, United Kingdom, France, the United States and Canada issued a joint statement on Tuesday criticising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for cracking down on recent MDC-led protests.
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Zimbabwe police block opposition-led protest in Gweru
The EU, together with the US, Britain and other Western nations, said the recent harassment and intimidation of rights defenders was a cause for great concern.
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Zim court dismisses opposition bid to lift protest ban
There were no reports that opposition supporters tried to defy the ban, nor were there reports of a police crackdown on protesters as there were on Friday in Harare.
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Zimbabwe deploys security forces over banned march
Soldiers and armed police on horseback and in trucks patrolled the central business district and most of the high-density suburbs.
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Zimbabwean police and protesters clash in Harare
Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, was on lockdown on Friday as riot police clashed with citizens and protesters of the Movement for Democratic Change in the city's CBD.
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Zimbabwean opposition plans demonstrations over economy next week
The southern African nation is enduring shortages of foreign currency, fuel and bread as well as 18-hour power cuts. The power outages threaten mining and industrial output and have upended lives.
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Top MDC official faces charges after calling for Mnangagwa to be overthrown
Job Sikhala was summoned to report to police in Harare on Tuesday after he reportedly made the call at the weekend.
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Zim: Anger mounts over ruling declaring Chamisa's election as MDC leader illegal
The surprise ruling comes just two weeks before an MDC congress, at which Nelson Chamisa was expected to be endorsed as party leader.
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Court rules against MDC’s Nelson Chamisa appointment
The MDC, which has been plagued by infighting, dismissed the ruling and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party of being behind it.
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MDC calls on Ramaphosa to stop arrest of opposition officials during Zim visit
On Monday, the MDC’s national spokesman Jacob Mafume was detained and questioned in connection with the riots that rocked the country in January.
