The tragedy of misrule in Zimbabwe
Mugabe's statist misrule has brought tragedy to a country that should be booming. At the very least, Zimbabwe should copy the neighboring nation of Botswana. Ideally, it could go farther and become the Chile or Estonia of Africa
- 24 November 2017
Götterdämmerung in Zimbabwe?
There is a long list of people who can be blamed for the catastrophe that is modern Zimbabwe. But Labour's Clare Short, possibly the worst person ever to be appointed Minister for Overseas Development, really takes the biscuit
- 1 August 2016
Zimbabwe's socialist famine
Zimbabwe has gone from being the breadbasket of Southern Africa to its basket case. And due to the seizure of white-owned farms and Comrade Bob's murderous rule, it's all self-inflicted. So remember that when the bleeding hearts ask you to give to the forthcoming famine relief appeal
- 11 February 2016
Rhodes was no angel, but his critics are just ignorant
The kind of anti-intellectual rubbish being thrown at the colonial legacy of Cecil Rhodes raises the question of whether his detractors know anything at all about southern Africa, then and now
- 28 December 2015
The beatification of Nelson Mandela
Western leaders hope and pray that by beatifying Mandela, by turning him into a secular saint, his strength of character will somehow live on after his death, and chaos, Zimbabwe style, will be avoided
- 13 December 2013
Comrade Bob: My part in Mugabe's victory
After the latest Zimbabwe "elections", Robin Mitchinson recalls how he helped supervise the only elections Mugabe truly won, and explains why it all went wrong
- 2 August 2013
The perfect storm in Africa
A complacent African strategic plan, the downsizing of the US military force, and the growing terrorist activities in Sub-Saharan Africa create the perfect conditions for another mass casualty attack
- 6 August 2012
In answer to your question: why the Iranian cause isn't attracting popular support.
It is going to be very difficult to make Iran a popular cause. The Iranian regime's position is strengthened by the fact that it is virulently anti-western and therefore, in the minds of many western activists, worthy of sympathy.
- 7 October 2011
Blood Diamonds and the Kimberley Process: UN-fit for Purpose
A new and democratic government in Zimbabwe is needed and we should use the Arab Spring to encourage this.
- 21 June 2011
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