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In Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel Glory – longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 – animals take on human characteristics. Through this she explores what happens when an authoritarian regime implodes, using characters who are horses, pigs, dogs, cows, cats, chickens, crocodiles, birds and butterflies.

Ndabaningi Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the militant liberation organisation that fought against white minority rule that he led for a decade before being…

Development studies professor David Moore’s new book, Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe, attempts to understand the legacy of Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, when he lost power in a military coup.

In 2022, Zimbabwe was ranked 137th on the World Press Freedom Index, seven places lower than the year before.

Expectations are high in Rwanda as the East African nation prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit

Media freedom groups say New York Times reporter’s verdict reflects press clampdown as election looms

Licensed financial adviser Craig Sankey explains what you need to know if you want to contribute to your partner's superannuation account.

Neil Parish, 65, has been suspended pending an investigation after reporting himself to the Standards Committee of the House of Commons and has been named as the MP accused of watching porn in the House of Commons

The independence celebrations were held outside Harare to promote inclusion but dredged up memories of repression.

The Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe’s two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial state by the ruling Shona-dominated government “in its drive to destroy Ndebele particularism”. He explains, “This sets in motion the current…

Citizens Coalition for Change’s byelection success raises concerns of instability