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The government … Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 25, 2021 Africa in Transition Zimbabwe New Report Shines Spotlight on Corruption in Zimbabwe Last month, South Africa’s Daily Maverick newspaper published a damning exposé on corruption in Zimbabwe. The report, titled Cartel Power Dynamics in Zimbabwe [PDF], details off-the-books networks wo… Blog Post by Michelle Gavin February 19, 2021 Africa Program Zimbabwe The Authoritarian Politics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe In the United States and around the world, societies are struggling to balance the sometimes draconian social controls needed to combat a highly contagious infectious disease with the need for limits… Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 18, 2020 Africa in Transition Experts in this Region Michelle Gavin Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies Demonstrations and Protests Affirming Our Commitment to Human Rights, at Home and Abroad The sickening murder of George Floyd, and the laudable fact that the press in the United States is free to report it and to tell the story of the protests sweeping the nation, has again exposed just … Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 2, 2020 Africa in Transition Sub-Saharan Africa The Politics of Food in the Time of COVID-19 In many African states, food insecurity is a serious problem getting worse by the day. This week, international experts sounded the alarm about acute food shortages affecting some 135 million people,… Blog Post by Michelle Gavin April 24, 2020 Africa Program Zimbabwe Little Has Changed in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe Alexander H. Noyes is a political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. After thirty-seven years in power, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was toppled via a military coup i… Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell February 7, 2020 Africa in Transition Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s Year Ahead: Grim but not Hopeless The year ahead for Zimbabwe is looking grim. The vast majority of its people will continue to suffer, and its leaders will continue to blame others for their own failures. Friends of Zimbabwe in the … Blog Post by Michelle Gavin January 17, 2020 Africa in Transition Israel Elections in Israel and Tunisia, Robert Mugabe’s Funeral, and More Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces another general election, Tunisia holds its second democratic election since the 2011 Arab Spring, and the funeral of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe takes place. Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon September 12, 2019 The World Next Week Sub-Saharan Africa Mugabe and the Zimbabwe He Left Behind Robert Mugabe, who ruled over Zimbabwe for 37 years, died on September 6. His was an undeniably epic life of glaring contradictions. He was a passionate voice for the liberation of the Zimbabwean peo… Blog Post by Michelle Gavin September 6, 2019 Africa in Transition Zimbabwe Good Riddance to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe “The good die young, and Robert Mugabe will live forever.” The well-worn phrase no longer applies to the Zimbabwean strongman. On September 6, he died in Singapore at the age of ninety-five. Duri… Blog Post by John Campbell September 6, 2019 Africa in Transition Zimbabwe Why Is Zimbabwe Starving? Long-standing financial troubles and drought in Zimbabwe have pushed millions to the brink of starvation. In Brief by Claire Felter August 15, 2019 Zimbabwe Wildlife Conservation in Africa, Outrage in the West, and Cecil the Lion Four years ago, on July 2, 2015, a Minneapolis dentist killed a well-known Lion, Cecil, in a Zimbabwe trophy hunt with a bow and arrow. Cecil was something of a star in the developed world. He attrac… Blog Post by John Campbell July 9, 2019 Africa in Transition Mozambique Cyclone Idai and the New Reality of Climate Change in Africa As Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi continue struggling to cope with the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, it’s worth noting while the storm was exceptional in its destructive power, the risk of flooding in… Blog Post by Michelle Gavin March 29, 2019 Africa in Transition Mozambique More Support Needed for Recovery Efforts for Cyclone Idai in Southeastern Africa Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe this month and dissipated last week. Recovery in the affected countries is starting, but there is still a long way to go. The death t… Blog Post by John Campbell March 26, 2019 Africa in Transition Mozambique The American Midwest and Southeastern Africa Hit by Storms and Flooding In March, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi experienced severe flooding from Cyclone Idai. Around the same time, parts of Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska experienced devastating flooding along parts of t… Blog Post by John Campbell March 22, 2019 Africa in Transition Load More About Member Programs Contact Support For Media Newsletters Membership Careers ©2021 Council on Foreign Relations. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. BY CONTINUING TO BROWSE THIS SITE YOU ACCEPT THE USE OF COOKIES AS EXPLAINED IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY. Accept Decline