The Chinese presence in Southern Africa is economic, not military. Here is what Zimbabwe has to understand about it
China’s footprint in southern Africa is overwhelmingly economic, commercial and pragmatic.
By Tendai Munhundarima
May. 18, 2026
CandidComment: Army chief must respect the constitution
Zimbabwe has already experienced a military-assisted intervention that ended Robert Mugabe’s nearly four-decade rule in 2017.
By Tinashe Kairiza
Aug. 16, 2024
Africa’s growing democracy deficit
Coups in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger have underlined the region’s instability amid threats from insurgents and weak democratic institutions.
By silence
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Vladimir Putin — the global game changer
Ecowas countries are also facing domestic pressure from their citizens not to intervene. The West is dangling dollars as usual.
By Tapiwa Gomo
Aug. 28, 2023
A navy officer has been named by The Gambia's government as the alleged ringleader of a failed coup plot.
Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera had been detained, along with four other officers, in an operation under way since Tuesday.
By BBC News
Dec. 22, 2022
Why gender parity is important in foreign policy
Starting in the 1920s, women have had more opportunities to partake in various political and leadership roles due to women’s international movements for gender equality.
By Vimbai Madanha
Nov. 23, 2022
Pan Africanism’s contemporary trials and tribulations
Pan Africanism was first coined in the United States in the 1900s during the Black slavery period. The first origin of Pan Africanism mainly articulated by the blacks in the diaspora.
By Roselyn Chikandiwa and Anesu Mandeya
Oct. 19, 2022
Pan Africanism’s contemporary trials and tribulations
Pan Africanism was first coined in the United States in the 1900s during the Black slavery period. The first origin of Pan Africanism mainly articulated by the blacks in the diaspora.
By Roselyn Chikandiwa and Anesu Mandeya
Oct. 19, 2022
China’s diamond wafer breakthrough: Africa’s strategic choices amid global diamond restructuring
Opinion & Analysis
By Saxon Zvina
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Zimbabwe mobilises support for return of nationals from South Africa after xenophobic attacks
Local News
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Vote-buying, intimidation claims blur Tsholotsho council by-elections
Local News
By Nizbert Moyo
20h ago
Vote-buying, intimidation claims blur Tsholotsho council by - elections
Local News
By Nizbert Moyo
Jun. 20, 2026




