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FRESH FROM THE CHARADE of his latest rigged reelection, Robert Mugabe, dictator of the disintegrating country of Zimbabwe, had the effrontery to show up in Rome for the funeral of [...]

It is not often that journalists, used to reporting the news, become the news themselves. But when Andrew Meldrum tried to do his job as the Zimbabwe correspondent for the [...]

Not since The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham has an author had the temerity to attempt to document the key moments of history of the entire African continent over [...]

ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is a man of contradictions. He held an election to show the world that Zimbabwe was a modern democracy but sent his army to run the [...]

I came to this book with mixed feelings. Having met Jeffrey Sachs briefly in 2001, I was dazzled by his rhetorical skills, and he is obviously an incredibly bright and [...]

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe AFTER walking several miles in search of work, Martin stops to catch his breath. Sitting on a bench on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's second city, we talk, and [...]

AFTER THE CELEBRITIES and goodwill ambassadors have gone home, the campaign to bring low-priced drugs to HIV/AIDS sufferers in poor countries has met unexpected resistance: Governments receiving discounted essential medicines [...]

AS WESTERN NATIONS SHUN the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, less scrupulous nations are filling the void. China, North Korea, and Iran are lending financial, military, and commercial support. Two [...]

It may never earn the status of Catch-22, but the title of Malcolm Gladwell's last book added a new phrase to popular intellectual culture: 'The Tipping Point' is when an [...]

SECRETARY OF STATE Condoleezza Rice has identified Zimbabwe as one of six 'outposts of tyranny.' She is certainly right. What remains unclear is what immediate steps Washington is prepared to [...]