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.
  • 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"!
  • Botswana stumbles

    There's nothing miraculous about Botswana's treatment of the Bushmen
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marching for "bread and roses" on Valentine's Day

    400 Zimbabwean women -- several with infants -- are arrested during a protest.
  • Tough love for Africa

    Colin Powell gets a hero's welcome and tells Africa's entrenched rulers to step aside.
  • Everybody must get stoned

    Out of my gourd in Zimbabwe, I had the distinct feeling baboons were trailing me. And then the pelting began.
  • Dictator downturn

    It just isn't as easy being a tyrant as it used to be.
  • Voodoo seduction

    A sex potion used by men in Zimbabwe causes an uproar among women, who say they're being victimized.
  • Banana goes to the big house

    Zimbabwe's former president is sentenced to jail for performing "unnatural acts" on his cook, bodyguard and gardener.
  • 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?
  • Letters to the editor

    Spouses who switch teams Plus: Is the media ignoring racism in Zimbabwe? James Woods' puppy love.
  • The shame of Zimbabwe

    If whites were murdering black farmers, there would be hell to pay.
  • Sweets, wrappers and HIV

    Zimbabweans renegotiate sex in the age of AIDS.
  • Are witches stealing Zimbabwe penises?

    A prostitute is accused of magically stealing a deadbeat client's privates, then returning them on payment.
  • Mondo Weirdo

    More tales of amazing festivals and strange nights around the world.

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