Simon Allison

Age has not slowed Robert Mugabe down. If anything, the opposite is true: the Zimbabwean president is at the peak of his powers, and revelling in his new role as African Union chairperson. If only he would use his political prowess for the good rather than evil. By SIMON ALLISON.

There is not a lot of money in African journalism. As an African journalist, I know this all too well. An illustrative example: I was in South Sudan in November 2012, on a trip I was financing myself.

You might think this story is about football. It has all the right ingredients: players, teams, stadiums and associations. But this is not a football story. This is the story of a revolution, and what happens after a revolution. It's Egypt's story, and it's grim reading.