Zimbabwe: Looming Zimbabwe 'Uprising' Echoes Overthrow of Mugabe As Calls Mount to Oust Mnangagwa

Is Zimbabwe's political crisis likely to escalate?

Tensions inside Zimbabwe's ruling party have the potential to destabilize the southern African country. Analysts warn civil war could follow if party infighting is not resolved.

Zimbabwe president fires army chief ahead of planned protests

HARARE - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa acted to consolidate his hold on power with Tuesday's dismissal of a senior general, political analysts say, amid growing fears of a possible coup by former allies.

Zimbabwe: Journalist Held on Baseless Charges

Click to expand Image Journalist Blessed Mhlanga walks to an awaiting prison vehicle in Harare, Zimbabwe, after his bail ruling was postponed on February 27, 2025. © 2025 Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his reporting, Human Rights Watch said today. Blessed Mhlanga, a senior journalist for the independent med…

Zimbabwe encourages private firms to help ease power shortages

HARARE, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday encouraged private companies to generate their own electricity to reduce demand on the national grid. Read full story

Zimbabwe: Looming Zimbabwe 'Uprising' Echoes Overthrow of Mugabe As Calls Mount to Oust Mnangagwa

Zimbabweans are bracing for a repeat of the events of November 2017 that led to the ousting of Robert Mugabe who had ruled the country with an iron fist for 37 years.

Zimbabwe: A cursed nation or a people in perpetual betrayal?

LINDA TSUNGIRIRAI MASARIRA*Zimbabwe is a nation of excitable people, quick to follow the wind without interrogating its destination. We have become a people swayed by populism, emotional appeals, and reactionary politics rather than reasoned, strategic, and principled leadership. The nation is trapped in a vicious cycle of political deception, manipulation, and economic decay.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa The tragedy of Zimbabw…