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GenevaLunch News The UN General Assembly has approved 114 to 18, with 44 abstentions, the controversial Goldstone report into atrocities in the Gaza war in the winter of 2008/09, and recommended that...
View ArticleMugabe named party head again, but future cloudy
GenevaLunch News Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe struck a defiant note at a political rally Sunday 13 December in the capital Harare, telling his supporters that they must pull together to ensure...
View ArticleNestlé pressured into closing Zimbabwe factory
GenevaLunch News Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Food multinational Nestlé says it has closed its milk production plant in Zimbabwe after the government pressured it to take milk from a...
View ArticleNestlé resumes Zimbabwe milk production
GenevaLunch News Update 6 January 09:40 Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss food multinational Nestlé’s Zimbabwe operations have begun to process milk again, two weeks after suspending production...
View ArticleBlood diamonds agreement too weak, says rights group (Update)
GenevaLunch News Switzerland told to take lead in toughening Kimberly Process rules Update 22:45 Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Switzerland to...
View ArticleSouth Africa compensates Zimbabwe farmers
GenevaLunch News South Africa, in a case that could set precedents, has awarded a Cape Town house that belongs to the Zimbabwe government to white Zimbabwe farmers whose land was confiscated under...
View ArticleZimbabwe parties split over Iranian’s visit
GenevaLunch News Tsvangirai says the country should keep its distance Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘s visit to Harare, Zimbabwe met with a cheering Zanu-PF party welcome at the airport, while...
View ArticleZimbabwe elections stalled by deficit, sickness, party woes
GenevaLunch News Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe appeared intent early in 2011 on holding elections later in the year, in a bid to end an unhappy coalition with Morgan Tsvangerai, but a number of...
View ArticleZimbabwe sanctions bring number banned from Switzerland to120
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Sanctions against Zimbabwe were tightened by Switzerland Wednesday 27 February with the addition of 20 names to the list of officials and companies banned from...
View ArticleZimbabwe opposition ministers arrested
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four members of Zimbabwe’s opposition, all of them aides to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and one of the country’s best-known human rights lawyers were...
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