I've been attempting for many months now to warn readers about the economic tsunami ...more

November 21, 2009

Riot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic blamed on collapsing infrastructure. ...more

December 4, 2008

The world's first legal ivory auctions in nearly a decade ended Thursday with four African nations selling more than 100 tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese traders for nearly $15 million. ...more

November 7, 2008

Zimbabwe will not bow to pressure but will seek advice from other African leaders on how it should form a power-sharing government, the chief negotiator for President Robert Mugabe's party was quoted Sunday as saying. ...more

October 20, 2008

Ever have a co-worker who told an inappropriate joke, who deserved to be called out for their indiscretion? ...more

July 3, 2008

President Robert Mugabe said Friday that his supporters are ready to fight if the opposition wins an upcoming presidential runoff election, hardening the rhetoric of a campaign that already has seen widespread violence against government opponents. ...more

June 14, 2008

The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition was detained by police about nine hours Wednesday amid ominous signs the government is tightening its grip on the country less than four weeks before a presidential runoff election. ...more

June 5, 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