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Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe (Photo: AP)

Strongmen with staying power: Why Pak won't figure on list

Pakistan's name would not appear on a list of states headed by strongmen who have stayed (or continue to be) in power...

12 Sept 2019 12:02 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare. Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation. (Photo: AP)

India expresses grief over demise of ex-Zimbabwe President Mugabe

Terming Mugabe as an 'icon of liberation', India said the late African leader devoted his life to the betterment of the...

7 Sept 2019 9:54 AM IST

Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the countrys President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. (Photo: AFP)

Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe dies at 95

Officials often said he was being treated for a cataract, denying frequent private media reports that he had prostate...

6 Sept 2019 1:30 PM IST

Opposition party supporters react after police fired tear gas, in Harare on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Ruling party wins majority in Zimbabwe, EU questions poll

The EU did not understand why the release of the presidential result was taking so long, he said.

2 Aug 2018 6:25 AM IST

Zimbabwe says floods have killed 246 people and left 2,000 homeless since December. (Photo: AP)

Heavy rains end drought in Zimbabwe; south devastated by floods

Since December, floods have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2,000 homeless, a Zimbabwean minister said.

5 March 2017 6:17 PM IST

Mugabe has been in power since white minority rule ended in Zimbabwe in 1980 after years of war. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe President Mugabe's wife says he could run in election 'as a...

Mugabe's wife has accused some ruling ZANU-PF party officials of plotting to take over from him.

17 Feb 2017 9:08 PM IST

Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in his cabinet on Monday, with allies defending him against criticism for giving top posts to the generals who helped his rise to power. (Photo: AFP)

Zimbabwe swears in new Cabinet after 37 years of Robert Mugabe

Assembling a cabinet has not been without mishaps.

4 Dec 2017 8:36 PM IST

The ruling ZANU-PF party replaced Mugabe with Mnangagwa, who was fired weeks ago as vice president. (Photo: AFP)

Zimbabwe gets new cabinet under President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Cabinet includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures linked to the military, whose takeover helped oust former...

1 Dec 2017 4:41 PM IST