Zimbabwe

  • Zimbabwe's descent into electoral terror

    Opposing the brutal dictator Robert Mugabe in the election deadlock here has become equivalent to a death sentence.
    By Jan Puhl and Toby Selander June 25, 2008

  • What else we're reading

    What do women's rowing, breast pumps, trampy outfits and marching bands have in common? They're all in "what else we're reading"!
    By Page Rockwell October 16, 2006

  • Botswana stumbles

    There's nothing miraculous about Botswana's treatment of the Bushmen
    By Andrew Leonard September 12, 2006

  • Destination: Zimbabwe

    The struggles and desires of this former British colony come through in novels from Doris Lessing, a Shona woman and Zimbabwe's own bad boy of letters.
    By Alexandra Fuller June 15, 2006

  • Woman of Zimbabwe protest rising school fees

    As education becomes out of reach for many students in the impoverished country, WOZA storms the streets again.
    By Page Rockwell May 5, 2006

  • Marching for "bread and roses" on Valentine's Day

    400 Zimbabwean women -- several with infants -- are arrested during a protest.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 14, 2006

  • Tough love for Africa

    Colin Powell gets a hero's welcome and tells Africa's entrenched rulers to step aside.
    By Ben Barber May 28, 2001

  • Everybody must get stoned

    Out of my gourd in Zimbabwe, I had the distinct feeling baboons were trailing me. And then the pelting began.
    By Ian O'Doherty May 18, 2001

  • Dictator downturn

    It just isn't as easy being a tyrant as it used to be.
    By Laura Rozen February 3, 2001

  • Voodoo seduction

    A sex potion used by men in Zimbabwe causes an uproar among women, who say they're being victimized.
    By Jack Boulware September 14, 2000

  • Banana goes to the big house

    Zimbabwe's former president is sentenced to jail for performing "unnatural acts" on his cook, bodyguard and gardener.
    By Jack Boulware June 2, 2000

  • Land war in Zimbabwe

    Angry and impoverished blacks say they're taking back the farms whites stole in the first place. But are they fighting the wrong enemy?
    By Vivienne Walt May 1, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Spouses who switch teams Plus: Is the media ignoring racism in Zimbabwe? James Woods' puppy love.
    May 1, 2000

  • The shame of Zimbabwe

    If whites were murdering black farmers, there would be hell to pay.
    By Stanley Crouch April 26, 2000

  • Sweets, wrappers and HIV

    Zimbabweans renegotiate sex in the age of AIDS.
    By Kai Wright January 20, 2000

  • Are witches stealing Zimbabwe penises?

    A prostitute is accused of magically stealing a deadbeat client's privates, then returning them on payment.
    By Hank Hyena November 29, 1999

  • Mondo Weirdo

    More tales of amazing festivals and strange nights around the world.
    October 21, 1997
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