From power struggles to global crises, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how major stories have unfolded ...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and political rival Morgan Tsvangirai failed to reach an agreement Tuesday over new fissures in their power-sharing deal signed last month, despite hours of ...

Last Monday, we all woke up to the not-so-shocking news of Paul Biya’s eighth-term victory at age 92. I chuckled because this ...

The United States is facing an octogenarian power problem. Why don’t more leaders leave while they’re ahead? The answer is ...

Africa perhaps has the oldest legion of political leaders in the world, who are not monarchs, with the unenviable record of ...

Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party plans to amend the constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years to ...

Elderly leaders in Africa and around the world are holding on to power. Democratic states should be wary about the impact of entrenched rule.

In 1985, the British band Latin Quarter released their haunting anthem Radio Africa. One of its verses rhymes thus: “ ...

The Zimbabwe ruling party's backing of a term extension for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which requires a change to the ...

Discrediting independents and third-party voices Beyond the One Bermuda Alliance as the Official Opposition, the Progressive ...