Friday, June 19, 2026

Robert Mugabe

June 18, 2026

Zimbabwean lawmakers vote tenure elongation for sit-tight Robert Mugabe’s successor 83-year-old President Mnangagwa

The development comes barely a year after Mr Mnangagwa said he would step down after his second term.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa
February 23, 2026

Ex-President Robert Mugabe’s son charged with attempted murder in South Africa

Mr Mugabe and his ally were arrested after his gardener was shot last week at his residence in Hyde Park in Johannesburg.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe
February 19, 2026

Ex-Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son arrested in South Africa for shooting gardener

Guateng police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, said the shooting happened after an altercation.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe (Credit:Timothy Bernard/ Independent Newspapers)
September 4, 2023

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa sworn in for second term after disputed election

Mr Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe had shown it is a “democracy with maturity.”

President Emmerson Mnangagwa
July 30, 2023

The new strongmen of the Sahel emerge in Niger Republic

There is recent evidence that Africans in many countries are increasingly open to the return of military rule under certain conditions.

Niger Coup plotters
April 8, 2023

The trials of Brother Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka should stop trying to adapt the world to himself. But he won’t. That is what makes all stubborn grandfathers stand out.

Wole Soyinka
March 7, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Peace after dubious 2023 election must come with justice

The attempt to tamper with electoral materials that would serve as evidence is not only a brazen attack on the sensibilities of over 200 million people but a contemptuous act.

INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu