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Tanks roll as Mnangagwa tries to extend his rule

The military officers who backed the coup against Mugabe are turning against his successor

On the morning of 19 February, Zimbabweans awoke to find videos on their social media feed of tanks rolling down the Borrowdale Road, in one of the plushest...


Ncube’s great expectations thwarted

High ambition has not been matched by progress on debt negotiations, as discussions with the IMF drag on

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s plan for an IMF deal paving the way for debt restructuring is being frustrated. Following a two-week mission to Harare that concluded on 13...


Innovation delusion

On 28 January, President Emmerson Mnangagwa hosted ‘inventor’ Maxwell Chikumbutso at State House to demonstrate a ‘self-powering vehicle’. At the event, covered by state media and widely publicised...


Facing the costs of Nyusi’s inheritance

Ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo has been sworn in as president but inherits an economy ravaged by corruption and post-election protests

Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) took the presidential oath on 15 January, but post-election protests have cast serious doubt over how effectively...


The country looks north as the party goes south

A fresh bout of optimism about the prospects for economic recovery isn’t helping the venerable ANC

From key note addresses to international investor conferences, nation-boosting speeches to the UN General Assembly to grassroots rallies in the township, President Cyril Ramaphosa knows how to tailor...


Political marriage holds together

Disunity among leftists, trade unionists and the populists of the EFF and MK has weakened opposition to the centrist GNU

Cyril Ramaphosa’s grand political coalition has survived its first six months with modestly rising investment levels, lower inflation, and energy reforms. As the first African country to chair...


Mnangagwa hunkers down

The president’s failure to rein in grand corruption and his business allies is weakening the economy further and makes a political implosion more likely

The failure to sustain the launch of Zimbabwe’s latest local currency – and the macro-economic consequences of that – will haunt the country and Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency in...


Nervy start to election season

An unpredictable battle between ex-presidents looms in September as the last nail is driven into the coffin of the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Malawi’s electoral process got off to an uncertain start as the opposition demanded the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission chair Judge Annabel Mtalimanja and took to the streets...


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