By Tawanda Kanhema
GOVERNMENTS in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc face a direct diplomatic challenge over the fate of the Chinese arms ship, seen as a boost to the Zimbabwe government’s efforts to clampdown on the opposition in the wake of the disputed parliamentary and presidential results.
The An Yue Jiang, the latest evidence [...]

How diplomatic is it to sleep in parliament? Diplomats and politicians attending the State of the Nation Address in Windhoek last week had their eyes closed for the better part of President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s speech, raising questions over whether it is politically correct or diplomatic to sleep in parliament.

President Mbeki’s stance on Zimbabwe should be seen in the context of his approach to crises of similar magnitude.
We, as Zimbabweans, would be expecting too much from the Mbeki administration, given its track record on dealing with the HIV crisis in South Africa.
Mbeki has drawn controversial lines in the battle against the HIV crisis, arguing [...]

It was November 23 1998, only three months after President Laurent Kabila’s one time allies had waged a full scale war to topple his new government, and they were threatening to overrun government forces and take over Kinshasa.

FIGHTING a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of miles away from their homeland and sharing trenches with unpredictable allies who crossed the floor in the heat of the storm, Zimbabwean soldiers went through an experience that exposed them to the dynamics of modern warfare.