Zimbabwe on Vice

Robert Mugabe Is Having a Tantrum Again

Zimbabwe is about to hold its first presidential election since a new constitution was passed last month. As part of the reforms, Zimbabwean leaders will now only be able to hold the presidency for a maximum of two five-year terms, as opposed to however long they are able to cling to the position by massacring people. But that clause doesn't apply retroactively, meaning Mugabe will be able to run in the elections once again. Full story

How the Hell Did Zimbabwe End Up with Just $217 in the Bank?

I once found $200 on the floor of a gas station. If I'd known that made me richer than a country, I wouldn't have been so bummed about having to spend it all on tax debts. Full story

Is This the Century of Africa's Rise?

For decades, the dominant African narrative in the media was of famine, war, and disease. Recently, in light of a perceived economic upturn and a relative reduction in famine and disease across most of the continent, the narrative has changed to one of thrusting progress. The pro… Full story

Silent Asylum

I visited an Immigrant Removal Center to meet Jerry, a man who fled his home in dangerous Zimbabwe for England, only to get locked up in a UK detention center for four years. Full story

Holiday In Zimbabwe

And the Crazy Continues

Every day that goes by, Africa gets weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder. Full story