Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must have been relieved to arrive home in fundamentalist Teheran after his Zimbabwe trip in 1986, safe at last from the effrontery of wine, women and song....

HARARE, Zimbabwe. As hardships mount, the family who last month hosted a Jeff Bezos-style wedding wants people to stop begging for money from them. The marriage of Taona Tagwirei, son...

  Whatever you think of football, love it or hate it, the World Cup is singing the blues this time around. Pubs and sports cafes around the globe are crammed...

As the southern hemisphere winter takes hold, hundreds of homes are being demolished, leaving families without shelter shivering and chilled to the bone in plummeting temperatures under the star-studded African...

In Biblical times King Hezekiah prayed to be granted more time on the throne, believing he was indispensable to his people. He received 15 extra years in power but soon...

It has just been the country’s 46th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. A stark reality is that only 9% of the population are over 46 years old. The demographic...

Click below. Country Joe and the Fish. Have a quick listen to this classic anti-war song of 1969. Then flip back on the screen reverse arrow to return to text....

It’s all spinning out of control but those who can unspin it either can’t or won’t. Here in my lil’ ol’ home town prices have got to the Moon on...

What on earth is freedom? It is usually defined as freedom of expression, freedom of worship, freedom from fear and freedom from want. Where on earth is it to be...