Visa Scams Proliferate As Zimbabweans Seek to Flee
Evelyn Mudzongachiso represents the last link in one of Zimbabwe’s many chains of modern misery. The worse things get under President Robert Mugabe’s deepening repression, the more people are attempting to leave the country.
Where to now for alleged coup plotters?
Judge Bernard Ngoepe has dismissed a case brought by a group of alleged mercenaries to compel the South African government to request their extradition from Zimbabwe to stand trial in South Africa under the Foreign Military Assistance Act.
Talks Give Nepad a Nudge
African and Western policymakers refine agenda for continent’s development in Maputo.
The Never-Ending War Of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
24 years later, Zimbabwe’s Big Man jousts with phantoms from a struggle few can remember.
They Once Called Mandela a Terrorist
What’s the difference between a liberation movement and a band of terrorists? The simple answer – the one that most often influences policy decisions – is point of view.
While All Around They Die
On the impassable dirt lanes that cut through her township outside Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, very few people know that Sharmila is HIV-positive.
Icibemba, Easy(er) English: New Approach in the Classroom
More and more African countries embrace early mother-tongue instruction as foundational. Lungile Mlaba stares quietly into her lap when her father speaks about her future.
In Mugabe we trust
An opinion poll published this week indicates that trust in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has more than doubled since 1999.
Special Feature: In Placid Malawi, Shades of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Political violence by ruling party youth militias threatens credibility of upcoming elections.
An Oil Giant Reforms: The Experience of South African Firms Doing Business in Nigeria
In the rush for markets into the rest of Africa after the country’s 1994 democratic elections, South African companies did not regard Nigeria as a most favoured destination.