Zimbabwe

Reforms meant to bring democracy haven’t worked. Will new elections be any different?

Zimbabwe’s Marange fields are among the world’s most lucrative diamond deposits.

The government, dominated by his ZANU-PF party, has arrested several leading politicians of the Movement for Democratic Change

White farmers are renting land

Robert Mugabe’s fascination with the Hermit Kingdom goes back many decades

If Mugabe were to accuse Canada of meddling in Zimbabwe’s domestic politics, he’d have a point

South Africa’s new president is proving his critics wrong

I spoke to Zimbabwean lawyer and human rights defender Beatrice Mtetwa while she was in Ottawa this week to deliver a convocation address at Carleton University. Mtetwa has bravely defended Zimbabwean and international journalists in her country who are often subject to arrest, abuse, and murder by forces loyal to President Robert Mugabe. Here is that interview.

Beatrice Mtetwa talks about Robert Mugabe, the fight for truth in Zimbabwe and the possibility for change

Forced to flee Zimbabwe, he longed to learn of farming here, and to take his knowledge home

Sometimes prisoners are left to live with bodies for days

Around the world, authoritarianism is on the rise, and the West seems powerless to oppose it