ROBERT MUGABEFrom The Daily Mail:
His Excellency was perspiring, even though there was frost on the ground. In the palatial gardens of State House, the oak-panelled home of former British colonial rulers, Robert Mugabe's face glistened with sweat as he was declared President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. He pulled at his cuffs and glanced over his shoulder.
After 28 years of bloody rule - and two hours before the election results were announced 'live' on state-controlled TV - Mugabe appeared anxious as he was sworn in for a record sixth term this week. His opponents had been killed or forced at gunpoint to vote in rigged elections.
Yet it wasn't the international outcry over this that worried him. No, beneath the megalomania, what he must know is that he has already lost power, not to the persecuted opposition Movement for Democrat Change (MDC), but to a bloody - and secret - cabal.
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My Comment: For the past two months I have been doing a number of posts on Zimbabwe. The reason why is that Zimbabwe is symbolic of the failure of Africa, and the worlds response to this growing disaster. The biggest change that I have noticed is that this disaster is no longer hidden.
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