Seven weeks after the presidential election, Zimbabwe finally set a runoff date Friday, saying longtime President Robert Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai will face off in a June 27 ballot that the opposition fears will be skewed by thuggery and fraud. ...more

May 20, 2008

Claiming that their presidential candidate was robbed of victory in long-delayed official election results, leaders of Zimbabwe's opposition party made a last-ditch diplomatic push Saturday to persuade the African Union and a bloc of southern African nations to insist on a verifiable vote count. ...more

May 4, 2008

After more than a month's delay, Zimbabwe's Election Commission officially announced the results of the disputed March 29 presidential elections on Friday, saying that the opposition candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, had won more votes than the incumbent president, Robert Mugabe, but not enough to avoid a runoff. ...more

May 3, 2008

One of the most reckless and cruel acts of government is the destruction of a currency. ...more

February 23, 2008

President Bush will find violent conflicts threatening nearly every corner of Africa when he begins a six-day visit Saturday. The continent's turmoil and trouble, however, are not expected to be Topic A for the president. ...more

February 14, 2008

Ian Smith, 88, the last white minority leader of Rhodesia, who vowed that blacks would not rule his country "in a thousand years," died Tuesday in a clinic outside Cape Town, after recently suffering a stroke. ...more

November 21, 2007