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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s clampdown on dissent in Matabeleland claimed up to 20 000 lives.

British policy towards Zimbabwe during Matabeleland massacre: licence to kill

The effects of President Mugabe’s post-independence security clampdown known as the Matabeleland massacre, continue to be felt.

Roses for justice: The fatal shooting of Michael Brown in the United States laid bare the distrust between races.

We should all be human rights activists

With personal freedoms under attack across Africa, ordinary citizens must defend our rights

Zimbabwe gloats over UN stalemate

The Zimbabwe government savoured a rare diplomatic victory on Wednesday after the United Nations Security Council failed to agree on how to respond to the country’s post-election…

Mugabe snubs Zim crisis summit

President Robert Mugabe will boycott a weekend Southern African summit on the Zimbabwe crisis, state radio said on Friday as the opposition called for a general strike to press…

No deal, say Zim opposition and govt

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the Zimbabwe government both denied on Tuesday that they were in talks to arrange the resignation of President Robert Mugabe. At a news…

Economic crisis haunts Zim polls

Zimbabweans go to the polls on Saturday hoping for an end to a chronic economic crisis that has condemned millions to grinding poverty and prompted the exodus of up to a third of…

US voices ‘serious concerns’ about Zim election

The United States expressed ”serious concerns” on Thursday about the March 29 general elections in Zimbabwe, a country it finds under constant repression from President Robert…

Inflation shock? Not for cynical Zimbabweans

Simon Kamunhukamwe just shrugged when Zimbabwe’s official inflation figure topped 26 000%. Exploding prices have become a part of life and protesting against the economic…

Bread shortages and bank queues in bad year for Zim

Bare supermarket shelves, bank queues and burst riverbanks — for many Zimbabweans a bad year ended in a bad way. At least 27 Zimbabweans died in floods this month while thousands…

Zimbabwe opposition still committed to talks

The main faction of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said on Sunday it remained committed to talks with the ruling Zanu-PF but hinted there were…