HARARE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday Zimbabwe should invite international observers and a peacekeeping force to ensure that its next national election is free and fair. Tsvangirai formed a coalition government with President Robert Mugabe a year ago to end a political and economic crisis, but analysts say mutual suspicion and strategic positioning are delaying democratic reforms ...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, 86, said on Thursday that he was prepared to stand for re-election if asked to do so by his ZANU-PF party. "If ZANU-PF says yes, I will," Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980, told journalists in a rare press conference. Elections are due in two years. Mugabe and his ...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, 86, said on Thursday that he was prepared to stand for re-election if asked to do so by his ZANU-PF party. "If ZANU-PF says yes, I will," Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980, told journalists in a rare press conference. Mugabe and his longtime rival Morgan Tsvangirai forged a ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 86th birthday Saturday with a lavish party as the economy struggles to recover from crisis, showing no sign of planning to retire after 30 years in power. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party will fete the veteran ruler, whose birthday was actually on February 21, with an all-night concert among festivities which ...