Colonialists to give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.The deal – reached after years ...

Mugabe's bare-knuckled challenge to Mnangagwa's legitimacy

It was, for the most part, an exercise in bitter retrospection.Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe spent much of his first press conference since being ousted reflecting on the illegalit...

Will Mugabe play along?

No-one is exactly celebrating here - too much remains unknown. But shops and businesses are working and Zimbabwe is quietly adapting to the stunning fact that President Robert Mugabe is still under ho...

Mugabe's extraordinary gamble

A quick show of military force, a few arrests... and then what?These are, of course, unpredictable times for Zimbabwe and yet there is a chance that the army's extraordinary overnight gamble w...

Birth of a Mugabe dynasty?

The birth of a dynasty is not an easy thing to predict. But many Zimbabweans now seem preoccupied by the tantalising possibility that the Mugabes are seeking to join the list - admittedly a shrinking ...

Zimbabwe's opposition - a Greek tragedy

It is a story with some of the qualities of a Greek tragedy.A brave warrior rallies his countrymen to try to oust an unjust king.For years they struggle, enduring great hardship and sh...

Controversy surrounds Zimbabwe presidential poll - video

Early voting is already under way as Zimbabweans chose who will be their next president, following years of governance by an uneasy coalition.President Robert Mugabe who is 89 and has been in ...