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| 2002 | Censorship Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| Parliament passes a law limiting media freedom |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| Mar The Commonwealth suspends Zimbabwe from its councils for a year after concluding that elections were marred by high levels of violence |
| Sep The Commonwealth committee - including leaders of SouthAfrica, Nigeria and Australia - fails to agree on further sanctions against President Mugabe |
| 2002 | Diplomacy Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| The European Union imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe and pulls out its election observers after the EU team leader is expelled |
| 2002 | Economy Made, Joseph |  |
| Agriculture Minister Joseph Made says the land-grab is over, he says the Government has seized 35m acres of land from white farmers |
| 2002 | Economy Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| Agriculture Minister Joseph Made says the land-grab is over, he says the Government has seized 35m acres of land from white farmers |
| A state of disaster is declared as worsening food shortages threaten famine, the Government blames drought, the UN's World Food Programme says disruption to agriculture is a contributing factor |
| The European Union imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe and pulls out its election observers after the EU team leader is expelled |
| Sep The Commonwealth committee - including leaders of SouthAfrica, Nigeria and Australia - fails to agree on further sanctions against President Mugabe |
| 2002 | Election Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| Mar Mugabe is re-elected in presidential elections condemned as seriously flawed by the opposition and foreign observers |
| Mar Mugabe wins 56.0 % at the presidential elections of 9 March - 11 March |
| Mar The Commonwealth suspends Zimbabwe from its councils for a year after concluding that elections were marred by high levels of violence |