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State of despair

17 January 2008

Life expectancy in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe is 34 for women and 37 for men. Inflation is out of control; food, water and fuel are in short supply and corruption is rife. Elections are planned for March, but no one thinks…

Radio

The Global Countdown - Zimbabwe

9 June 2022

In this week’s ‘Global Countdown’, Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Zimbabwe.

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Same difference?

19 April 2018

Zimbabwe has a new leader who’s talking reform and wooing foreign investment. Is the rhetoric enough to reverse the country’s economic crash and restore international relations?

Film

Zimbabwe: State of despair

24 January 2008

Monocle's Africa correspondent Steve Bloomfield and photographer Frédéric Courbet risked imprisonment to go undercover in troubled Zimbabwe, where international journalists are banned. They found a nation on the brink of…

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Zimbabwe’s high-stakes election

19 August 2023

Zimbabweans will head to the polls next week to elect their country’s leader amid economic turmoil and vote-rigging fears. What is at stake? Andrew Mueller speaks to Hopewell Chin’ono, Fadzayi Mahere, Robert Chapman and…

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Mister fix-it

8 January 2010

As the finance minister in Zimbabwe’s government of national unity, Tendai Biti is trying to repair the economic damage inflicted by the Mugabe regime. He likens it to drowning in a sewer but is confident he can make a…

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Zimbabwe after Mugabe: now what?

25 November 2017

Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule has come to an end amid jubilation at home and relief abroad. Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as the new president of Zimbabwe and faces the daunting task of rebuilding the country – and…

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Who will follow Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe?

2 April 2016

The Robert Mugabe era is stumbling to an end: the 92-year-old is no longer a charismatic speaker and his aura of invincibility has long since disappeared. We ask who will follow him and what his departure will mean for…

Radio

The Globalist - Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador and Zimbabwe’s new currency

9 April 2024

With seven months to go until the US election, we discuss how things are shaping up as the old foes try new tactics. Plus: Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador, Zimbabwe’s new currency and Thailand’s response to unrest in…

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Africa/Middle East

17 April 2007

The high life on Harare's millionaires' row.

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Freedom fighter

17 February 2008

As editor of ‘The Zimbabwe Independent’, Trevor Ncube became all too familiar with the consequences of criticising the government. Now based in South Africa, where around 35 per cent of people live in poverty, he has plans…

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The long view

17 November 2007

Surin Pitsuwan, Hanna Anbar and Mark Leonard give their views.

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Africa/Middle East

21 June 2012

The Middle East's premium advertising rates targeting Ramadan fasters, the new Neighbourhoods market becoming the latest in Johannesburg's city centre gentrification, and Zimbabwe's management of their scrapping of their…

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Business

16 February 2012

Urban farming in Chicago, Zimbabwe's women security guards and Japan's eco-billboards

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Africa/Middle East

15 November 2012

Zimbabwe will see a violent election, Africa will begin to reject the IMF's prescriptions and all eyes will be on the new leader of the African Union.

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Business

18 February 2010

Zimbabwe becomes a convenient customer for unwanted US banknotes and Japan starts doling out cash to cheer people up.