Zimbabwe, back from the brink

Three weeks ago a young elephant wound her trunk around my arm and began – politely, elegantly, insistently – to pull my hand into her mouth and suck the salt sweat off my fingers. It was the happ...

In Zimbabwe, a hungry man is a docile man, not an angry man

As their country's economic decline continues to gather speed, Zimbabweans of all walks of life increasingly adopted creative coping mechanisms, captured succinctly in the phrase "make a plan" that is...

Wikileaks: Ambassador Christopher W. Dell (Zimbabwe)

Classified By: Ambassador Christopher W. Dell under Section 1.4b/d  1.  (C)  Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won't offer a lengthy prescripti...