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| 1996 |
| | | Mugabe is elected unopposed for a new six-year term as president | |
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| 1998 |
| | | Violent gangs, calling themselves the Mugabe War Veterans Association, start to 'liberate' more than 100,000 sq km of white-owned farmland in Zimbabwe | |
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| 2000 |
| | | Trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai leads a newly formed party in Zimbabwe, the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) | |
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| 2000 |
| | | The voters in Zimbabwe reject a new constitution enabling the government to acquire land compulsorily without compensation | |
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| 2000 |
| | | In Zimbabwe's elections, marred by intimidation and violence, Mugabe's party wins 62 and Tsvangirai's 57 seats in the assembly | |
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| 2002 |
| | | In Zimbabwe's presidential election, again characterized by violence and apparent vote-rigging, Mugabe defeats Tsvangirai | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Morgan Tsvangirai is arrested on his way to a prayer rally in Harare, and is severely beaten and tortured in police custody | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Evidence suggests that Tsvangirai has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, but after a delay of more than a month it is announced that a second round run-off is required | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Robert Mugabe wins the second round in Zimbabwe's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the contest due to widespread violence against his supporters | |
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| 2009 February 11 |
| | | Morgan Tsvangirai becomes prime minister of Zimbabwe, six months after agreeing to share power with Robert Mugabe | |
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