Late last month, the new president of Zimbabwe, Emerson Mnangagwa, issued an amnesty that runs from December 1 to March 1 for the return of funds that companies and individuals have hidden abroad.

When Robert Mugabe was deposed last year, he had ruled Zimbabwe for nearly four decades. So just how do dictators and authoritarians stay in power for so long? In Radio 4's Analysis, James Tilley ...

Some say this famous dictator could have died as the richest man in the world at the time. He amassed huge sums of money while ruling his country with an iron grip, but his reign eventually came ...

Hundreds of Syrians gathered on February 25th in the opulent reception hall of what is now called the People’s Palace in Damascus. They had come to discuss a new constitution. Islamists ...