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"Blood diamonds" team begins Zimbabwe investigation

"Blood diamonds" team begins Zimbabwe investigation

Zimbabwe union official arrested over Tsvangirai crash photos

Zimbabwe union official arrested over Tsvangirai crash photos Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Deon Theron, the vice-president of Zimbabwe's predominantly-white Commercial Farmers Union, for taking photographs of the crash scene in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife died on March 6, union officials said Wednesday.

Theron spent Tuesday night in cells at Harare central police station after being questioned for most of the day over his presence at the accident shortly after it happened, said CFU director Hendrik Olivier.

Mugabe demands an end to political violence in Zimbabwe

Mugabe demands an end to political violence in Zimbabwe Harare  - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Saturday his party's fight with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change was over and demanded an end to political violence in the country.

Mugabe was addressing mourners, including Tsvangirai, at the burial of former army commander Vitalis Zvinavashe at Heroes' Acre cemetery in Harare.

Tsvangirai attended, despite being himself in mourning for his late wife, Susan.

ROUNDUP: Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wifeHarare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife Harare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

ROUNDUP: Over 10,000 Zimbabweans bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai

Over 10,000 Zimbabweans bid farewell to Susan TsvangiraiHarare - Thousands of Zimbabweans packed a stadium on Tuesday for an emotional farewell to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, whose death in a car crash continues to be dogged by suspicion despite President Robert Mugabe calling it "the hand of God."

Over 10,000 supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) turned out at Glamis Stadium, where the coffin of his wife of 31 years, who was mourned in t-shirts and placards as a "heroine," "a rock," and "a mother," was displayed before her burial Wednesday.

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