I have visited Zimbabwe, and I know the creative energies of its people. The land has vast potential for development for the benefit of its own and neighboring peoples. There is no excuse for the suffering the citizens must now endure.

A Study in Contrasts

by Melvin Rhodes

Over a month after the voting, the results of the Zimbabwe presidential election still have not been officially announced. The autocratic president of Zimbabwe, who has been in power for almost three decades since the fall of Rhodesia, is clearly reluctant to hand over power. The current government has turned the breadbasket of Africa into an economic disaster with the highest inflation rate in...

Africa, Yesterday and Today: A Study in Contrasts

by Melvin Rhodes

In 1960 British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan addressed the South African parliament and talked of a "wind of change sweeping across Africa." The rapid changes in Africa that followed have led to dictatorships, anarchy, economic and political upheaval.

World News and Trends: Troubles in Africa

by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder

What will the new year of 2008 mean for Africa's current state?

Zimbabwe's Empty Streets

by Darris McNeely

Reversal of Fortune for Two African Countries

by Melvin Rhodes

Once one of the most unstable of African countries, Ghana is now a model of stability and success. what turned Ghana around in the past 20 years? What lessons are there in its success story for the other struggling African nations?

World News and Trends Africa a crisis torn continent

by John Ross Schroeder

What happens to Zimbabwe now and in the near future may affect the entire continent. The long-awaited African renaissance has yet to materialize. Guns, brute force and political corruption shape Africa's future.