The more President Mnangagwa’s government fails to engage democratically with its own citizens, the more it will negate any prospect of re-engagement with the West.
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A forensic archaeologist and former Zimbabwe police officer uses his investigative skills to find the missing and the dead in his homeland.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
It’s time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won’t topple the Zanu-PF government.
The Mnangagwa regime’s coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
The killing of protesters by the Sudanese military signifies its reluctance to hand over power, as demanded by the African Union.
The African Union’s policy offers no wriggle room for a discretionary response to coups, a scourge that imperils the consolidation of democracy.
The role of the military in toppling authoritarian rulers, after intensive popular protests, raises questions about how the AU’s policy against coups should be applied.
The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
The Zimbabwean government’s brutal response to protests has dashed hopes for democracy under President Mnangagwa.
Two new books about Zimbabwe deal with the coup in November 2017. But the country’s treasures haven’t been dug up yet.
For many Zimbabweans Robert Mugabe will remain a contested figure.
It’s the final lap before Zimbabwe’s first election since the fall of Robert Mugabe. The jury is out on who will win the presidency.
Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections potentially marks the start of a new order in the country, where the stakes are extremely high.
A new survey suggests opposition Zimbabwean leader Nelson Chamisa is closing in on the ruling Zanu-PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The emergent AU law is seen as distinct and separate from international law and the domestic laws of member states.
The world waits to see if Zimbabwe will pass the democracy test as it holds its first election after Robert Mugabe next month.
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
Top contributors
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow Willy Brandt School, University of Erfurt
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Senior Researcher: China Africa, South African Institute of International Affairs
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Global Challenges Research Fund Post Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer , University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, and Vice Dean Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg
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Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Public Service; Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Boise State University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Reader in Law, University of Sussex
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
