Facing challenges to his authority from the army which installed him in 2017 and his campaign for a third term in disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Lovemore Matuke one of his closest allies as Minister of State Security on 19 October...

Baroness Scotland has been campaigning for Zimbabwe's readmission since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took power in late 2017 and she and her top officials have visited the country and received Zimbabwean politicians 16 times in the past 18 months...

' Obsession for EDMPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa and senior ZANU-PF members are said to be obsessed with readmission to the Commonwealth believing it could alleviate the country's isolation and help it obtain re-engagement by key institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank on the country's massive foreign debt...

With his welcome chorus to Trump Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa is eyeing a diplomatic reset and some hefty investments in his country's lithium reserves...

The most significant constraint on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's plan to extend his rule is the military...

Ever since he came to power President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been holding meetings with Baroness Scotland who has just been replaced as Commonwealth Secretary-General by Ghana's Shirley Botchwey (AC Vol 65 No 22 Race tightens as African contenders vie for top post)...

” Many bankers and companies agree with this assessment which flies in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's policy of ‘command economics'...

Thanks to the crash of the old Zimbabwean dollar over-spending by ministries (the Ministry of Transport was 200% over budget by mid-year) and unbudgeted gifts (such as the 190 4x4 vehicles President Emmerson Mnangagwa presented to chiefs in February and September) economists forecast the budget deficit will be around $2 billion this year (AC Vol 64 No 16 How to spin an economic catastrophe & Vol 65 No 17 Dollars still dominate the economy despite the launch of the ZiG)...