Bob's Out, the Croc Is In: Continuity or Change in Zimbabwe?

52, No. 3, 2017 Bob's Out ... ousting of Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe and his replacement by Emmerson Mnangagwa was widely welcomed by Zimbabweans. However, hopes of significant change were ... Read More

Zimbabwe election: Can post-Mugabe vote heal divisions?

"It's gonna be an absolutely ... when Mr Mnangagwa joined Mr Mugabe in the first post-independence cabinet in 1980. On Monday the two will fight for the future of Zimbabwe in an election whose ... Read More

Official: Mugabe wins re-election after opposition pulls out

HARARE, Zimbabwe ... s presidential runoff, provoking dismay from international observers and handing an apparent victory to President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai said his Movement for Democratic ... Read More

White farmers in Zimbabwe live and die with the toxic legacy of Mugabe’s brutal land grab

Mugabe had promised at independence he would let white farmers keep their land. But his “land grab” started after a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change, emerged in the late ... Read More

Letter from Africa: Did Mugabe's support backfire?

In our series of letters from Africa, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at ... party led Mr Mugabe to have an ideological change of heart. The day before last Monday's election ... Read More

Mugabe's Last Days

Ten extraordinary days in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe stepped down after four decades in power, replaced by his former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa. Show more An extraordinary ten days as Robert Mugabe ... Read More

Opposition: No 'suicide' deal with Mugabe

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN)-- Zimbabwe's opposition said Sunday that it will not "commit political suicide" by entering into a government with President Robert Mugabe without the power to deliver ... Read More

Mugabe 'let me keep my Zimbabwe'

Mugabe told world leaders at the Earth Summit. "So Blair, keep your England and let me keep my Zimbabwe," Mugabe said, triggering applause around the hall. Mr Blair, who spoke earlier today ... Read More

Mugabe not sick, says Zimbabwe

South African broadcasters reported that Mugabe was headed from Havana to Iran for emergency medical treatment. Zimbabwe's ambassador to Cuba Jevan Maseko said Mugabe was "very strong and healthy ... Read More

Job Sikhala, the man determined to wrestle Zimbabwe’s 'crocodile'

Mr Sikhala's run-ins with authority predate the MDC, says Mr Molokele , who was a fellow student leader at the University of Zimbabwe in the 1990s. He was not afraid to criticise how the Mugabe ... Read More

Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe, awarded PhD, two months after enrollment

The First Lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, seems to be drawing attention from everywhere on her recently acquired PhD. But what’s the big deal you would wonder? Grace, who is now dubbed ... Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ... Read More