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Are they furniture? Zimbabwe at 46 and Africa’s curse of permanent officials

Our leaders are not furniture. Furniture does not loot diamonds, mismanage treasuries or unleash militias. Furniture does not cling to power with brazen arrogance. But in…

Supporters of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa celebrate in Mbare, Harare, on August 3, 2018. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP)

Unfollow the leader: The Twitter campaign against Zimbabwe’s president

Campaigners urge Zimbabweans to unfollow the president on Twitter

A letter from a Zimbabwean about (dis)Grace

Back in Zimbabwe, those who become victims to the First Lady are powerless.

Four journos arrested in Zim

Mugabe’s health could doom Zim reforms, says ANC

The failing health of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe could jeopardise efforts to resolve his nation’s political crisis, the ANC said on Tuesday.

Britain plots Zim invasion, says Mugabe’s govt

Zimbabwe’s government has accused former colonial ruler Britain of using a cholera epidemic to rally Western support for an invasion.

Morgan Tsvangirai at the SADC summit on the weekend. Photograph: Lisa Skinner

MDC: Brown’s Trojan horse?

Zanu-PF leader Mugabe and Tsvangirai are digging in their heels, insisting they will not move from their closing positions in last week’s talks.

Zim: ‘West can go hang a thousand times’

Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson told the West on Tuesday it can ”go hang a thousand times” over its criticism of the Zimbabwe president’s reelection.

SADC: Zim not yet ready for fair vote

Conditions are neither safe nor fair yet for a run-off election in Zimbabwe in which the opposition hopes to unseat President Robert Mugabe, the Southern African Development…

Violence fears grow as UN mulls Zim crisis

Zimbabwe’s main rights group accused the government on Tuesday of unleashing violence to help President Robert Mugabe cling to power as the wait for election results stretched…

Mugabe lost for words after polls reverse

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s deafening silence after weekend elections has raised increasing speculation about the fate of a strongman who has never previously found…

Mugabe’s party loses control of Parliament

President Robert Mugabe’s party lost control of Zimbabwe’s Parliament on Wednesday and the opposition said that he had been defeated for the first time in a presidential poll.…

Mugabe stops poll results going public

Robert Mugabe on Monday was desperately trying to cling to power, despite his clear defeat in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, by blocking the electoral commission from…

MDC and Zanu-PF run even in early Zim results

Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change and ruling Zanu-PF were running neck-and-neck, according to the first election results issued by the Electoral Commission on…

Mugabe clings on despite election defeat

Robert Mugabe was desperately trying to cling to power on Sunday night, despite his clear defeat in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, by blocking the electoral commission from…

Concern over delay in Zim poll results

The opposition claimed victory on Sunday in Zimbabwe’s election as concerns mounted over a delay to the results of a contest that could see President Robert Mugabe turfed out of…

Zim govt warns MDC over victory claims

Zimbabwe’s opposition said on Sunday it had won the most crucial election since independence, but President Robert Mugabe’s government warned that premature victory claims would…

Zimbabwe bars e.tv from covering election

The Zimbabwean government has banned e.tv from covering next Saturday’s general elections, state media said on Sunday. The Sunday Mail said that e.tv, South Africa’s only…

Tsvangirai slams Mugabe ‘dictatorship’

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai accused President Robert Mugabe of running a dictatorship on Wednesday after he was briefly detained by police and needed court…

Zim court allows opposition protest

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party was given permission on Wednesday to stage a protest rally against President Robert Mugabe after its leader Morgan Tsvangirai was briefly…

Zim: UK is sponsoring economic sabotage

President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson has accused former colonial power Britain and other Western countries of sabotaging Zimbabwe’s efforts to turn around its economy by…