Analysis/Opinion

By Dr. Elias Chakabwata Rarely does a day go by without a headline on crimes of passion. It is indeed a scary situation as folks have gone beyond reason and have taken the law into their own hands as a result of conflicts arising in relationships that seldom end with …

April, famously characterised as “the cruellest month” by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay “The Wasteland” — not because its first day celebrates fools but due to its sad northern hemispheric association with high suicide rates and severe depression — was this year a …

There is a well-deserved excitement about the return after six years of political rallies in Tanzania. Unbanned last month by President Samia Suluhu Hassan – Mr Magufuli’s successor, it has even prompted the return of opposition politician Tundu Lissu, who had fled the country after surviving an assassination attempt. He …

The end of January 2023 will mark five years since the African Union Free Movement of Persons protocol was signed by the African Union. A parallel initiative to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, it was designed to reduce barriers to Africans crossing African borders. The benefits of freer movement include trade, …

THE negative spotlight on Zimbabwe’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 30th meeting of the 50th session in Geneva, Switzerland, has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement drive into further jeopardy. Since taking over as President in 2017, Mnangagwa has made re-engagement with Western countries, particularly the …