CNN’s Christiane Amanpour talks to Robert Mugabe
On Amanpour this Thursday, Christiane Amanpour sits down for an EXCLUSIVE live interview with the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.
In President Mugabe’s first interview with a major Western media outlet in years, Christiane will explore the historic power-sharing agreement with the unity government there, and get the president’s thoughts on the highly-emotive issue of land redistribution.
As Mugabe prepares to take centre stage at the UN on Friday, Christiane will take the opportunity to ask if the power-sharing agreement is really working, if international sanctions are responsible for his country’s economic and political turmoil, and what kind of engagement he is looking for from the international community.
In this rare interview, Christiane will also address signs of optimism emerging in Zimbabwe; sky-rocketing inflation stabilising, basic goods returning to store shelves, and a loosening of restrictive media laws.
Amanpour is CNN International’s new live global interview programme, which launched on 21st September 2009 as the centrepiece of its new evening line up.
Tendai Biti on CNN’s African Voices
FYI:
This week on African Voices, Zimbabwean Finance Minister and human rights activist, Tendai Biti. http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/africanvoices/
Tendai Biti, is a tough-talking, football-loving Zimbabwean politician, who rose to prominence as one of the public faces of the opposition party - the Movement for Democratic Change. Tendai Biti trained as a lawyer - and his fight against injustice has taken him out of the courtroom of Harare and onto the streets… and now into the hall of power. Read more
Morgan Tsvangirai to Feature on CNN’s African Voices
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is speaking to ‘African Voices’ on CNN this weekend -
http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/africanvoices/
African Voices airs on Saturday June 27th at 13.30 and 20.30 and on Sunday June 28th at 19.00.
Tsvangirai talks about his childhood in a small village and eight brothers and sisters, and what inspired his political consciousness. He describes the hard work in the mine and with the trade unions, to the romance of love at first sight when he met his wife, Susan. Read more
