In four decades of independence, Zimbabwe’s rulers have been able to deploy the security forces to crush protests even as the southern African nation sank deeper into economic crisis. Judging from the latest bout of unrest, that may no longer be true. Crowds showed little fear as they poured onto the streets of the capital, Harare, and other major cities when the main labour federation called a... 

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that whites will be offered 99-year leases on land if they come back to Zimbabwe. The new government of Zimbabwe has offered white farmers inside and outside the country a 99-year lease on their properties confiscated during the 2000-2002 anti-white attacks in an effort to restart the agricultural sector, which it now admits has collapsed after the... 

In events reminiscent of the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal, African “asylum seekers” from Zimbabwe have been trapped inside Thailand’s Bangkok airport for two months—because they failed to plan ahead in their attempt to invade Europe, and Thailand refuses to accept “refugees” of any sort. According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, the family of four Zimbabweans have been living in... 

94.5% said YES to Zimbabwe’s new constitution Zimbabwe’s official election body says 94.5 percent of Zimbabweans have supported a new constitution, which strengthens human rights and limits presidential powers. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission made the announcement in the capital Harare on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. Judge Rita Makarau, the chairwoman of the commission, stated...