Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of “currency” after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply.
Simon Gambaga, 43, who owns a backyard carpentry business, faces eviction from the middle-income suburban home where he and his family live, about 10km south of Harare, the capital, after [...]

As Mugabe continues his canny power games, another plays to win medals for the troubled nation.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn was the place to be on Sunday August 3rd 2008, [click to watch video footage] - as popular African guitarists took the stage and wowed the listening audience with different sounds from Africa.
Here is a photo slide of the event:

The Guitar series was a seven hour [...]

Ending 48 hours of delays, Zimbabwean power-sharing talks between the country’s ruling ZANU-PF party and both formations of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change got under way Thursday at an undisclosed location in the South African capital of Pretoria. Political analyst John Makumbe of the University of Zimbabwe discusses the talks with Blessing Zulu of [...]

Zimbabwe’s main opposition is preparing to hold formal talks with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party, in an effort to end the country’s political crisis.
Officials for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) say party leaders are expected to sign an agreement to start formal negotiations with the ruling Zanu-PF party as early as Monday.
The breakthrough [...]

Someone recently asked me what the reasons why Zimbabwe is in such a terrible economic situation are. I’m posting here my top ten causes of political failure in the small southern African state. These are not exclusive. I invite anyone reading the list to add their thoughts and express their feelings towards the list or [...]

Africa researcher Emira Woods of Washington’s Institute for Policy Studies has been following the Liberian leader’s efforts to raise conditions for African rulers to achieve power and govern their people through democratic means. She points out that Mrs. Sirleaf is one of a growing number of African voices to speak out for the people of [...]