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President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa was Minister for State Security at the time of the Gukurahundi massacres. Credit: DIRCO News Service/ Jacoline Schoonees.

Gukurahundi: Can the man accused of opening the wounds heal them?

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa has called for open debate on massacres in the 1980s that he allegedly masterminded. Many are unconvinced. This article was made possible by ...

Zimbabwe and the Politics of Impunity — by Alex Lichtenstein

This review first appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books on November 23, 2011 .Peter Godwin The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe ...

Two Deaths in Zimbabwe – by Timothy Scarnecchia

Two deaths in Zimbabwe’s political landscape happened a week apart in August. First came the tragic news of the murder of MDC-T politician Maxwell Ncube, whose ...