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		<title>5 Reasons Why Mugabe Needs an Election More Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2012/02/29/5-reasons-why-mugabe-needs-an-election-more-than-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tawanda Kanhema</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he nears the end of his eighth term in office with a weakened ruling party and a stronger, though divided opposition, Mugabe realizes that without an election, there is no clear way of guaranteeing the transition of power within his Zanu PF party nor the security of his private family assets.]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting to the End: Press Freedom Advocate Chakaodza Decried &#8220;Archaic&#8221; Media Laws in Last Editorial</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2012/02/05/chakaodza-attacks-zimbabwes-achaic-laws-in-last-editorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The late Zimbabwean veteran journalist Bornwell Chakaodza criticized Zimbabwe's "archaic" media laws in an oped written three days before his death.
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		<title>A Tale of Two Democracies: New Hampshire to Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2012/01/13/a-tale-of-two-democracies-new-hampshire-to-zimbabwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tawanda Kanhema</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has been in power since 1980. During the same period, Story Country, Iowa, has held nine caucuses and the U.S. has had five presidents. Writing for Channel 4 News, journalist Tawanda Kanhema tracks the US presidential caucuses alongside Zimbabwe's treacherous path to democracy. Read the full story on Channel 4 News.]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: Standard Editor and Journalist arrested</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2011/11/16/zimbabwe-standard-editor-and-journalist-arrested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Investigative Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Standard Editor Nevanji Madanhire and journalist Nqaba Matshazi have been arrested and charged for theft of documents and criminal defamation, as enshrined under section 96 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act. 
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		<title>Study Reveals Over 30,000 Ghost Voters on Zimbabwean Voter&#8217;s Roll, 1,000 in Mugabe&#8217;s Village</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2011/06/01/study-reveals-over-30000-ghost-voters-on-zimbabwean-voters-roll-1000-in-mugabes-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report by the Institute for Security Studies titled "Preventing Electoral Fraud in Zimbabwe" indicates that Zimbabwe has 41,119 centenarians registered to vote – a curiously high figure for a country where according to the World Health Organisation average life expectancy is 34 for women and 37 for men.
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		<title>Hundreds of Bodies Removed From Zimbabwe Mass Grave</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2011/03/27/hundreds-of-bodies-removed-from-zimbabwe-mass-grave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Investigative Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tariro Madzongwe &#8211; IPS: Harare “War veterans” associated with the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party have exhumed at least a thousand decomposing bodies from an abandoned mine in Mount Darwin, 100 kilometres north of Harare. &#160; According to ZANU-PF, the human remains in the mine belong to people killed in the late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Jasmine Revolution? Mugabe&#8217;s Generals Prefer Icecream</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2011/03/04/what-jasmine-revolution-mugabes-generals-prefer-icecream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tawanda Kanhema</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLOG: AS the Jasmine Revolution sweeps north Africa, toppling authoritarian regimes, creating civil wars in some countries, and leaving trails of humanitarian disasters in its wake, the political climate in southern Africa appears different. In Zimbabwe, where observers have predicted the possibility of a mass uprising, the ingredients for a revolution modeled after the ones in Egypt and Tunisia  seem to be missing.
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		<title>Over 20 Families Left in the Cold As Zimbabwe Government Orders Destruction of Homes</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2010/11/28/over-20-families-left-in-the-cold-as-zimbabwe-government-orders-destruction-of-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wongai Zhangazha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the evicted families sat hopelessly in the open fields close to their burnt homes. Rubble from destroyed huts and granaries was scattered around the yard. Blankets, pots, cups and clothes were packed in plastic bags on the ground while at some homes, abandoned donkeys, goats, chickens and guinea fowls strolled around the yard.
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		<title>Families Evicted From Zimbabwe&#8217;s Diamond Fields Forced to Live In Barns</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2010/11/16/families-evicted-from-zimbabwes-diamond-fields-forced-to-live-in-barns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wongai Zhangazha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAMILIES forcibly relocated from Marange have been dumped in an abandoned farm house 60 km from the diamond rich fields whose early proceeds netted government and its private partners US$72 million.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Minister Chombo, Wife, Agree On Asset Sharing, As Questions Arise Over How He Acquired Empire</title>
		<link>http://investigativeafrica.com/2010/11/16/zimbabwe-minister-chombo-wife-agree-on-asset-sharing-as-questions-arise-over-how-he-acquired-empire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and is estranged wife Marian have narrowed their dispute over how to divide their property on divorce and only five properties now remain for a judge to decide on.
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