Zimbabwe: Timeline of Events Since March 29 Elections
A chronology of the main developments since Zimbabwe's presidential, parliamentary and local elections on March 29
March 30 - Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims victory based on early results.
March 31 - Results of parliamentary ballot start to emerge. Regional observers say vote was fair but express concern over delay to results.
April 2 - Final parliamentary election results show ruling Zanu-PF party has lost its majority for the first time since independence in 1980.
MDC says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, also won the presidential election and calls on Robert Mugabe to concede. State-owned newspaper the Herald says no candidate won an outright majority.
April 13 - Regional leaders at a summit in Zambia call for the rapid verification and release of poll results.
April 14 - High court rejects an opposition request to force authorities to release the presidential election results.
April 15 - An opposition general strike to demand the release of results flops.
April 26 - Mugabe's party fails to reverse its parliamentary election defeat after a partial vote recount.
May 2 - Electoral body says Tsvangirai won most votes in the presidential election, but not enough to avoid a run-off against Mugabe. Opposition rejects the result.
May 10 - Tsvangirai says he will contest the run-off even though he believes he won outright.
May 16 - Run-off is set for June 27.
May 19 - Opposition accuses military intelligence agents of a plot to kill Tsvangirai, forcing him to postpone his return to the country. The government dismisses the plot as a propaganda stunt.
May 24 - Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe and says Mugabe wants to decimate opposition structures before the run-off.
May 29 - Mugabe says his government has bought 600,000 tonnes of maize to ease food shortages.
June 3 - Zimbabwe orders Care International to suspend its operations after accusing it of political interference.
June 4 - Police release Tsvangirai after holding him for more than eight hours while he was campaigning for the June 27 run-off.
June 5 - Zimbabwean government bans all work by foreign aid agencies
March 31 - Results of parliamentary ballot start to emerge. Regional observers say vote was fair but express concern over delay to results.
April 2 - Final parliamentary election results show ruling Zanu-PF party has lost its majority for the first time since independence in 1980.
MDC says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, also won the presidential election and calls on Robert Mugabe to concede. State-owned newspaper the Herald says no candidate won an outright majority.
April 13 - Regional leaders at a summit in Zambia call for the rapid verification and release of poll results.
April 14 - High court rejects an opposition request to force authorities to release the presidential election results.
April 15 - An opposition general strike to demand the release of results flops.
April 26 - Mugabe's party fails to reverse its parliamentary election defeat after a partial vote recount.
May 2 - Electoral body says Tsvangirai won most votes in the presidential election, but not enough to avoid a run-off against Mugabe. Opposition rejects the result.
May 10 - Tsvangirai says he will contest the run-off even though he believes he won outright.
May 16 - Run-off is set for June 27.
May 19 - Opposition accuses military intelligence agents of a plot to kill Tsvangirai, forcing him to postpone his return to the country. The government dismisses the plot as a propaganda stunt.
May 24 - Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe and says Mugabe wants to decimate opposition structures before the run-off.
May 29 - Mugabe says his government has bought 600,000 tonnes of maize to ease food shortages.
June 3 - Zimbabwe orders Care International to suspend its operations after accusing it of political interference.
June 4 - Police release Tsvangirai after holding him for more than eight hours while he was campaigning for the June 27 run-off.
June 5 - Zimbabwean government bans all work by foreign aid agencies
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