Opinion

Apart from shadow deals, there are no visible results in Belarus-Zimbabwe economic relations

By Daria Dergacheva At the start of 2023, Belarus’s leader  Alyaksandr Lukashenka, (who has been the presidentof Belarus since the office’s
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TSITSI MASIYIWA: How Africa can make the most of diaspora finance

By Tsitsi Masiyiwa Remittances by the African diaspora might lack the structure and formality of traditional philanthropy, but they play
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EXCLUSIVE: State media CEO in extraordinary Information Minister attack

The panicked CEO of a publicly-owned media house has taken the extraordinary step of writing a formal complaint, accusing the
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SADC attempts to navigate Zimbabwe’s disputed election

By Paul Nantulya The Zimbabwe general elections of August 23–24 were widely viewed as fraudulent. This was the conclusion of the
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When will Apple open its first African retail store?

By Jonny Evans, Computerworld Apple takes emerging markets seriously. As the tech giant seeks to build foundations from which to achieve future growth,
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In the shadow of a flawed election, how can Zimbabwe – and its international partners

By Larry Garber Zimbabwe’s leaders and western policymakers alike had hoped the country’s 2023 elections would create an opening to
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WARFARE STATE: Why Zimbabwe under Zanu-PF will not progress

By Tendai Biti, Ray Hartley and Greg Mills The Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections, held on 23 August, has come and gone. The
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Zimbabwe elections 2023: a textbook case of how the ruling party has clung to power

By David B. Moore, University of Johannesburg Few were surprised as, near midnight on 26 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
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Zimbabwe’s election was a fight between men – women are sidelined in politics despite quotas

Diana Højlund Madsen, The Nordic Africa Institute and Shingirai Mtero, The Nordic Africa Institute Zimbabwe’s 2023 harmonised elections have largely
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Can Nelson Chamisa deliver a new Zimbabwe?

By Tafi Mhaka In July 2018, Zimbabwe’s president and leader of its ruling ZANU-PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa, narrowly won his
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