The country remains intrinsically rich, with an excellent primary-education system that Mugabe left largely untouched. Zimbabwe could recover rapidly if those who now run the country so choose.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe today told white farmers, defying orders to hand over their land, that he stands by an August deadline for them to clear out and pave the way for his black ...

a statement rejected out of hand by the Government. President Mugabe’s comments left a sour taste in the mouths of many Nigerians and their government quickly summoned Zimbabwe’s ambassador to ...