Mugabe: The Dictator?

Is Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old leader really the oppressive dictator the West makes him out to be, or is he demonized for not succumbing to a history of destabilization and intervention attempts by the West?

Caleb T. Maupin
By Caleb T. Maupin
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, addresses party supporters at a rally in Bindura about 100 kilometres north east of Harare, Friday, July 8, 2016.

WASHINGTON --- (Analysis) In covering a recent protest movement unfurling in Zimbabwe, mainstream Western media seem unable to report on country’s president without making references to him as a “dictator” and “authoritarian.” Yet the case against Robert Mugabe, the 92-year-old president of Zimbabwe and leader of the Zimbabwe African National

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#ThisFlag: Surprise Social Media Phenomenon Or US-Manufactured Uprising?

The largest protest movement to hit Zimbabwe in a decade was kicked off by a relatively unknown Baptist preacher who made a video decrying corruption. Is it an accident that his video went viral, or does the popularity of his message reflect U.S. involvement?

Caleb T. Maupin
By Caleb T. Maupin

WASHINGTON --- In reporting on Zimbabwe, the mainstream media gives the impression that recent protests rallying around the Twitter hashtag “ThisFlag” are an epic struggle against a corrupt dictatorship. Robert Mugabe, the 92-year-old president of Zimbabwe and leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), is

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EU Lifts Some Sanctions On Zimbabwe – But Not For Mugabe

The intention of easing sanctions is meant to foster political and economic reform in the country, as its leader, Robert Mugabe, prepares to turn 90 years old.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

The European Union has suspended targeted sanctions against eight Zimbabwean government officials on Monday but has kept the restrictive embargos in place on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, according to various reports. The move had targeted the most powerful military and political figures in the country. The EU, a 28-nation body that

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Selective Invitation: Could Obama’s African Summit This Summer Expose American Hypocrisy?

In a bid to woo the continent, the White House has announced that President Obama will host a meeting of African leaders in August, but what will it accomplish?

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
President Obama Meets With Leaders of Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, and Cape Verde (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama will host a high-level conference with African leaders in August as an attempt to start taking more seriously with the burgeoning economies on the continent. It’s all well intended and meant to be a nod to growth within Africa, but at the same time, the continent is made up of 54 countries, and not all are created equal. It

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Zimbabwe’s Opposition Calls Elections A ‘Farce’

The head of Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party has called the country’s elections “a huge farce.”

Jessica Phelan
By Jessica Phelan

The head of Zimbabwe's biggest opposition party has called the country's parliamentary and presidential elections "a huge farce." "It is a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people," Morgan Tsvangirai told a press conference at his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party's headquarters on Thursday, the day after polls

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