It will be a long hot summer in Zimbabwe. Presidential elections, scheduled for March 2008, offer the next hope of a way out of the quagmire. For President Robert Mugabe, the…
"One leader is not enough for Zimbabwe’s opposition, after all. The MDC — unable to agree on whether to contest or to boycott elections — has split into two factions." Gugulethu…
Mark Ellis of the International Bar Association explains to Gugulethu Moyo why leaders who commit crimes against humanity must be prosecuted under international law. Among the…
This week is the 27th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence — an occasion, as often before, for President Robert Mugabe to remind his beleaguered countrymen of their many…
At the beginning of March, Robert Mugabe’s regime launched a physical assault on the opposition. The unintended consequences have been sweeping.
For a government that has hoisted its image on the African continent by the flag of pan-Africanism, the Zimbabwean government’s recent parade of its policy of essentialist…
Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a wretched place. In 1962, a military junta overthrew the democratically elected government. Since then, armed forces have maintained a chokehold on…
In an astounding political volte-face, some of Zimbabwe’s former freedom fighters have eagerly assumed the mantle of their former oppressor, The Rhodesian Front, and now shackle…
The closure of <i>The Daily News</i> does not translate into good sense for the Zimbabwean people, whether measured against a democratic or an economic standard. Any regulatory…
