By proclaiming himself the new national leader at a 31 January rally in Antananarivo, the capital's Mayor, Andry Rajoelina, triggered a crisis. 'He's young and he listens to us,' s...

Marc Ravalomanana, 'the Yoghurt King', built his Tiko business group from a hawker's cart into the country's biggest home-grown company (AC Vol 46 No 20). In 1999, he captured Anta...

Supporters of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma are disturbed by the grassroots popularity of some of their political opponents, including some residual supporters of ...

A rapidly deteriorating economy could push President José Eduardo dos Santos to delay this year's presidential election until 2010. Oil production cuts, demanded by the Organisatio...

On 25 January, Jacob Zuma will be nominated by all provincial branches of the African National Congress as the party's preferred presidential candidate and the leadership will endo...

THE CIVIC SOCIETY ACTIVIST The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will reject the agreement brokered by South African ex-President Thabo Mbeki and no inclusive government will b...

Asia is responding to President Robert Mugabe’s calls for solidarity in the time of cholera – but not in the way that Harare had envisaged. The economic meltdown and spread of chol...

Ideological rather than commercial motives led to the 2003 launch of Zimbabwe’s ‘Look East’ policy, but as the country’s economic position has deteriorated, Harare has tried to woo...

The 1 December ‘mutiny’ precipitated fierce clashes between the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which deployed anti-riot police after several o...

The US dollarisation of Zimbabwe’s economy has a caused a crisis over small change. There are plenty of US$100 and $50 notes but not enough of the lower denominations. The gap is p...