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World News Updates: Brazil President Cheers Anti-Quarantine Protests
The protests in Brazil included calls for a return to military rule. Authorities in Russia have tried to hide an outbreak in a remote region.
‘We’d Prefer the Food’: Zimbabwe Fears a Famine Is in Its Future
Government dysfunction, an economic meltdown, drought and a calamitous flood have plunged Zimbabwe into a hunger crisis.
Zimbabwe’s Civil Servants in Unprecedented Strike for Better Wages
Government workers say their earnings are disappearing under skyrocketing inflation.
Zimdancehall: The Music That Moves Zimbabwe’s Uneasy Streets
The distant descendant of reggae is the dominant sound of the streets and tells a story about the African country since the fall of longtime despot, Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe’s Reign Began With Bob Marley and Good Schools. Despotism Soon Followed.
Robert Mugabe transformed from a hero of Africa’s liberation — and a self-proclaimed champion of universal suffrage — into a tyrant. Our writer was there at the start.
How One Journalist Covered Robert Mugabe’s Rise to Power: Cue the Carrier Pigeons
After the recent death of Zimbabwe’s longtime ruler, we look back at how a former correspondent covered the country’s independence.
Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95
Until 2017, he was the only leader his country had known since independence in 1980. He presided over its long decline.
In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe’s Star Had Already Faded: ‘We Have Moved On Without Him’
As Zimbabweans learned of the death of their former leader, who held the country in his grip for decades after its independence, the reaction was muted.
Life in an Internet Shutdown: Crossing Borders for Email and Contraband SIM Cards
Internet shutdowns have become one of the defining tools of government repression in the 21st century — but citizens bear the cost at work and at home.