The Latest Breaking News from Zimbabwe

Former inmates of Zimbabwe’s overburdened prisons say the conditions are inhumane. Activists blame government neglect.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

The door has been opened for a wave of writers confronting the legacy of postcolonialism through fiction – in a nation where speaking frankly puts you at risk of political persecution

The Netball World Cup was first held in 1963. It’s the largest women’s sporting event on the planet – and for the first time it’s being hosted in Africa. Four African teams have made the final 16 of the 2023 tournament, which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from…

Two years after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and extended his executive powers, our correspondents report on where the situation currently stands. Also in this edition: Zimbabwe is gearing up for an election in one month's time, but rising inflation could affect the way the vote goes and upset…

In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men

The mother of a 15-year-old Zimbabwean rape victim has gone to the country's High Court to challenge the early release of the man convicted of attacking her daughter when she was a preteen

The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds. It prevents him from terminating the South African government’s concession to refugees from neighbouring…

Scotland Under-20s hooker Corey Tait has promised that complacency will not be an issue when they take on the USA at the Nyayo National Stadium.