THE threat of civil war loomed over Zimbabwe yesterday as a group of up to 800 guerrilla veterans asked for foreign help to mount a rebellion against President Mugabe if he "steals" this week's ...

During the early morning of Oct. 25, 1893, a column of 700 soldiers from the British South African Police camped in a defensive position next to the Shangani River. While they slept, the Matabele king ...

Zimbabwe’s authoritarian ruler Robert Mugabe says the British Natural History Museum needs to return what he says are the skulls of fighters who rose against British colonial rule at the end of the ...

Documents suggesting that Boy Scout founder Lord Baden-Powell illegally executed a prisoner-of-war have been sold for £3,740. Papers relating to the Second Matabele War in 1896 say Baden-Powell, then ...

Mr. Shah is the managing partner of Shield Capital. Dr. Kirchhoff helped build the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit. The First Matabele War, fought in 1893 and 1894, foretold the future. In its ...