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News stories for Monday 08 February

Talks resume Monday as SA facilitation team arrive
The inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21st.

Diamonds missing after police ‘rob’ Central Bank
Almost 30kgs of diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond claim have reportedly disappeared after being removed from the Reserve Bank by police last week. The contested diamonds, which form part of the ongoing ownership wrangle of the Chiadzwa claim, had been moved to the central bank under Supreme Court orders.

Civil service strike paralyses government operations
Government operations came to a halt on Monday as the country’s civil servants went on strike demanding better wages. According to reports there were only limited services being offered at government hospitals in Harare while the trial of senior MDC official Roy Bennett had to be postponed with court staff also on strike.

Civil servants strike forces postponement of Bennett trial
High Court workers on Monday joined the civil servants strike forcing the postponement of Roy Bennett’s trial in Harare. Attorney-General Johannes Tomana, the state’s lead prosecutor told journalists the trial had been deferred indefinitely on account of the industrial action by government workers. The MDC Treasurer-General is on trial charged with illegal possession of arms for ‘terrorism, banditry and sabotage.’
Deadly storm hits Chiweshe school killing one pupil
Villagers at Maodzwa in Nzwimbo, Chiweshe district in Mashonaland central province are slowly picking up the pieces after their lives and homes were turned upside down on Friday by a ferocious storm that swept through the area leaving death and destruction in its wake.
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Key recent reports on Zim

Chegutu farm 'chef list' (pdf)
Gross Zim human rights violations over land
Electing to rape: Sexual Terror in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
SADC Communique - Issued Thursday 05 November
Oct 2009 list of army perpetrators of violence
June 2008 (post election) list of army perpetrators of violence
Human Rights Abuses in Marange (pdf)
The Kariba draft constitution document
Presidential powers in the Kariba Draft
STERP recovery programme
US Human Rights report on Zimbabwe
Links for information on the talks, agreement & communiques
Physicians Report - A Man-made Disaster in Zimbabwe
ZESN report on March election & the presidential run-off 180pages

Recent Zimbabwe stories of interest

AFP: Zimbabwe and Botswana to meet on ranger dispute
Private schools spring up in Zimbabwe
Our vital contribution in Zim: Rowan Williams & John Sentamu
Sanctions not an MDC creation
Is Mugabe preparing a coup?
HOT SEAT: Sanctions: Should they be lifted? Zimbabweans speak
Botswana's intervention in the arrest of wildlife officers
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN - A letter from the diaspora
AFP: Zimbabwe civil servants go on strike over wages
Kokopelli golf course may be closing
Botswana and Zimbabwe in row over rangers
HARARE RESIDENTS TRUST update
Amnesty: DRC - End persecution of human rights defender
IMF to decide on Zimbabwe's voting rights
Zimbabwe MPs riot over sanctions
Mugabe allies block Zimbabwe land audit BBC
Deputy Minister Jessie Majome on Rules for our Rulers
Hot Seat interview with German Ambassador Albrecht Conze
Top Genocide Suspect Finds Sanctuary in Zimbabwe
Illegal Zimbabwean immigrant left stateless as passport seized
Zimbabwe needs 500 000 tonnes of maize
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Other things you should know

A BDP split will save Botswana from becoming a criminal state
The North must make a hard choice
African Leaders are saboteurs of development & progress
Call for Entries- Exploring Black History Month Quiz Contest
World Cup feared target of al-Qaida
HIV-positive people want constitutional rights
Union wants SADC court protection
Helen Zille on the attack over Zuma’s love child
AU tackles Africa's hot spots
Togo government to fight 'insulting' Nations Cup ban
South Africa President Jacob Zuma 'needs sex therapy'
SAMWU Supports Paul Verryn & the Struggle Against Xenophobia
Mozambique: President keeps most ministers
SA seeks to allay crime fears ahead of World Cup
'Failed' parastatal CEOs cost SA R260m

Wildlife & environment in trouble articles

Obama Wants 36 Billion Gallons of Biofuels per Year by 2022
Namibia, Zambia on 2009 natural disaster hit list
South Africa: Zambian Antelope Import On Hold
Copenhagen pledges fall short of 2C target: UN
Tiger Trade Slashes Big Cats' Numbers
Advocates of Climate Bill Scale Down Their Goals
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The inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21st. One of the negotiators Welshman Ncube from the MDC-M said they had also received an invitation to a meeting with the South African facilitation team at 3pm on the same day, before the scheduled inter-party meeting which was expected to start at 6pm.
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Regional says ZANU PF know exactly what they are doing in continuing to delay the drafting of the new constitution. They have every intention of using this opportunity to impose their Kariba draft on the people, and, Simon talks about concerns raised by organisations representing People living with HIV and AIDS that a new constitution must also represent them and guarantee better healthcare access for all.

This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to the Director of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition McDonald Lewanika. The coalition put out a statement last week in which they made a number of recommendations for the constitution making process. Lewanika says all bases and militia groups deployed in the countryside to influence people should be disbanded, civil society should be allowed a greater role and that there should be no secrecy surrounding the constitution making process.
In Letter from America, Dr. Stan Mukasa argues that the civil service strike must of necessity be a rallying point for a new national confrontation with Mugabe and ZANU. See transcript
Violet Gonda asks a number of Zimbabweans from various walks of life, what they think about sanctions. ZANU PF has warned there will be no more GPA concessions until the sanctions imposed by Western countries are removed. Parliament has seen heated discussions on this topic with ZANU PF insisting that the MDC should demand the removal of the restrictive measures. Some say the time has come for sanctions to be removed others claim the sanctions are targeted on particular individuals who are guilty of serious human rights abuses and have still not admitted wrong doing. In the next two weeks the European Union will be reviewing their measures, but what are Zimbabweans saying? Listen here
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