A Zimbabwean farmer addresses a meeting of white commercial farmers in the capital Harare, February 5, 2010. PHILIMON BULAWAYO/REUTERS
Newsweek: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe: 'We Will Not Prosecute Killers of White Farmers'
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said that people who murdered white farmers during a government-sanctioned purge in the 2000s will never be prosecuted.
The 93-year-old president addressed a rally in Harare on Monday to mark Heroes’ Day, which commemorates soldiers who have fought for the country, particularly in its independence war against British colonizers.
Zimbabwe implemented a controversial land reform program in 2000 that saw squatters invade and seize hundreds of white-owned farms around the country. The violent seizures resulted in the murder of several white farmers, with many more displaced, and close associates of Mugabe given large chunks of land.
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WNU Editor: I just learned about this story right now. Did a Google search and aside from some news websites in South Africa .... no one else is covering this story.
3 comments:
It will be a great day when that crazy man continue his path to the eternal flames of hell.
WNU,
"close associates of Mugabe given large chunks of land." surely just a coincidence.
People see this happening in Zimbabwe and South Africa and it worsens race relation in the U.S.
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