Zimbabwe: New Constitution - Mugabe 'Will Comply'

A leading figure in the development of a new Zimbabwean constitution says Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party will resist strongly any attempt by President Robert Mugabe to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: IMF Relaxes Restrictions On Zimbabwe

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has eased technical assistance restrictions on Zimbabwe in a move seen as moving towards normalising relations with the southern African… Read more »

South Africa: When Sex Is Work

Linda is a small, soft-spoken woman. She takes out her passport and in a matter-of-fact voice explains, "This thing reminds me of my journey, from the time my husband died." Read more »

Southern Africa: Zuma to Report to Regional Leaders On Zimbabwe

Excerpt from a media briefing by the South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Coooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, on August 14, 2012: Read more »

Zimbabwe: Europe to Lift Sanctions After Referendum

The European Union (EU) announced Monday that it will suspend most of its sanctions on Zimbabwean leaders and organisations as soon as the country holds "a peaceful and credible"… Read more »

Africa: Political Leaders 'Learn Little' From North African Uprisings

Spurred by popular uprisings in North Africa, pressure to respect the human rights of all Africans is growing across the continent, but political leaders are standing in the way,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Founder Member of Ruling Party Denies Mugabe 'Tired' Comments

Enos Nkala, one of Zanu-PF's founding fathers and a former minister, has distanced himself from media reports that President Robert Mugabe told him he was "wanted to retire",… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Petition Requests UN to Supervise Polls

More than 200 singing and drum-beating demonstrators took to the streets of London in the hopes that their protest will push the United Nations (UN) to supervise the next general… Read more »

Africa: In Zimbabwe, Change Like a River in Aids Fight

When social worker Charakupa Ngwerume was named by the village chief to serve as a counselor on a customary court, his first priority was to campaign for the nomination of female… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Key Political Figure Dies in Farmhouse Fire

A key figure in the struggle to succeed President Robert Mugabe, retired army general Solomon Mujuru, has died in a fire at his farm. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Contesting Parties Both Welcome Summit Outcome

In a communique publicly welcomed by political leaders on both sides of Zimbabwe's political divide, Southern African presidents have called on them to create an environment… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Southern African Leaders Should Stand With Victims

As leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) meet in Johannesburg this weekend in yet another attempt to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis, the question remains whether… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Liberation Hero Tekere Dies

Edgar Zivanai Tekere, a founding member of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu) and one of the luminaries of Zimbabwe's war of liberation,has died, reports NewsDay from… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'Astonishing' Findings on Voters' Roll

Excerpts from a report by RW Johnson for the South African Institute of Race Relations: Read more »

Zimbabwe: Teenage Model Wins Contract With Louis Vuitton

A 16-year-old beauty from Zimbabwe has been chosen to appear in the the Louis Vuitton's autumn/winter 2011 campaign. Nyasha Matonhodze is based in Northampton and was "discovered"… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Expects Elections Within 12 Months

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai exuded confidence to Africa's business leaders this week, upbeat after securing his position at a party congress last weekend and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Supporters Lash Out at Zuma

Close allies of President Robert Mugabe have responded to criticism from  Zimbabwe's neighbours by launching unprecedented, scathing attacks on South African President Jacob… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Pro-Mugabe Paper Publishes Attack on Zuma

This is the full text of an editorial published on Sunday April 3 in the Sunday Mail, the pro-Zanu-PF newspaper published in Harare, under the headline "Has SADC been hijacked": Read more »

Zimbabwe: Southern African Leaders Condemn Recent Political Violence

In their first public response to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's campaign to lobby them about violent attacks on his supporters by those of President Robert Mugabe,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Will A Unity Govt Resolve Nation's Crisis?

Côte d'Ivoire is on the brink of civil war. Its president since 2000, Laurent Gbagbo, is refusing to cede power to Allasane Ouattara, the putative winner of elections last… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Opportunity Lost

“We Americans know and we observe the difference between world leadership and imperialism,” former U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower said in his 1953 inaugural address.… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Health Excites New Speculation

A report that 86-year-old President Robert Mugabe has been hospitalized in Malaysia for a prostate operation has generated heated debate in Zimbabwe, as well as speculation on how… Read more »

Zimbabwe: WikiLeaks Reveals Confidential, Blunt U.S. Assessment of Political Leaders

A confidential 2007 diplomatic cable from the outgoing American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, is among the U.S. State Department documents released online by the… Read more »

Africa: Governance Improves in Liberia, Angola, Togo But Declines in Eritrea, Madasgascar

Governance standards have improved significantly in Angola, Liberia and Togo over the past four years, but have declined in Eritrea and Madagascar, according to a leading survey… Read more »

Africa: Why Kenya Has Pulled Ahead of Zimbabwe

Kenya and Zimbabwe's last elections, held within a few months of one another, were characterized by violence either before or after polling. The outcomes of both were strongly… Read more »