I wish to send my revolutionary greetings and congratulatory message to the people of Zimbabwe on this special occasion as ...

For the past 14 years Zimbabwe’s two main political parties have largely thrived on populist rhetoric, and one can generally identify Zanu PF with the agenda of peasant-driven populism while the MDC ...

United Nations, Jan 23 2026 (IPS) - At least 21 United Nations personnel -- 12 peacekeeping personnel and nine civilians -- were killed in deliberate attacks in 2025, according to the United Nations ...

After a tense general election in Uganda last week, presidential elections are set to follow in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March then in Benin and Djibouti in April. With elections also due ...

The town of Uvira, in DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, continues to be a scene of serious human rights violations following ...

Hyperinflation has been a scourge throughout history. Professor Mark Thornton has found even more episodes of hyperinflation ...

Frontier market economies have failed to ​live up to their potential in recent decades, suffering from a sharp slowdown in ...

Yield-seeking investors once binged on large emerging-market bonds, but that strategy looks crowded. Local-currency debt in ...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement party (left) and Robert Kyagulanyi, ...

As Secretary of State, the President’s onetime foe now offers him lavish displays of public praise—and will execute his ...

As 2026 begins, what a strange planet we find ourselves on. The two great empires of my youth, the Soviet Union (now Russia) and my own country, are ...