The most significant constraint on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan to extend his rule is the military. Senior officers know that just as they launched him into power...

The Commonwealth Secretariat is working to support Zimbabwe’s application to be readmitted to the mainly Anglophone, ex-British colonial group of nations, Africa Confidential has learned. The outgoing Secretary-General,...

Mass scepticism greeted Reserve Bank Governor John Mushayavanhu’s assertion on 11 October that last month’s 43% devaluation of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency was a 'once-off' event and...

It has been four months since the introduction of the ‘Zimbabwe Gold’ or ZiG on 8 April and confidence in the currency has not improved. The official exchange...

Such was the ferocity of the government’s assault on civil society activists and oppositionists ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Harare on 17 August,...

Shortly after his victory in last year’s disputed elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa reconstituted the country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, bringing 66 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under the control of his...

Dropped into its sobering assessment of Zimbabwe’s economic prospects the IMF Article IV review team offered some qualified support for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency on 28 June:...