Traditional media almost silenced. Life–and-death info goes online, to cell phones. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The photographs of the tortured body of an opposition official are blurry but chilling.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president of Zimbabwe who is poised to take the helm of the country, was met with cheers in the capital city Harare when he returned to the country on Wednesday.

(Johannesburg) –Human Rights Watch researchers will be in Zimbabwe from July 23 to August 7, 2018, to monitor the human rights environment around upcoming national elections on July 30, and any runoff ...

Most bloggers writing on Zimbabwe at the beginning of this new year are concerned with the economic and social situation in the country. Others are still following the court case of the human rights ...

For the first time since the country gained independence from white minority rule in 1980, Zimbabwe has a new leader. At a packed stadium in the capital city Harare, Emmerson Mnangagwa promised not to ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Last month, Zimbabwean Permanent Secretary for Information Media and Broadcasting ...

In Zimbabwe we have diamonds, platinum, the mighty Victoria Falls and welcoming people, to mention but a few. Sadly for over a decade now Zimbabwe has continued to experience an economic, social and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Last week, the United States updated targeted U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwean ...

The film Democrats, which aired on Independent Lens, traces the challenges and tensions that arose in Zimbabwe over the attempt to charter a new national constitution. While that African nation had a ...

Zimbabwe's bloggers are reacting with hope, but also anger and dismay to Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to join Robert Mugabe in a coalition governmet. It is a wonderfully eclectic mix that reflects the ...

The range of cuisine from the south-central African nation of Zimbabwe is both familiar and exotic for Western palates, G Adventures blogger Jodi Ettenberg points out. As she explains, the Zimbabwean ...