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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Misery

An out-of-control dictator's ugly reign brings a nation to its knees

He led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 and has effectively been 'president for life' ever since. Under Robert Mugabe's rule Zimbabwe has become an economic basket case due to political corruption and misbegotten economic policies. But after an election loss, Mugabe appears ready to step down.

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April 2008
- Zuma in London for Zimbabwe Talks
  
  BBC | Apr 23, 08 6:06 CDT
  
  (Newser) - South African leader Jacob Zuma has arrived in London, where he'll meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss the political deadlock in Zimbabwe, reports the BBC. Before the meeting, the head of the ruling African National Congress said that the delay in the release of last month's election results is "unacceptable." But he did not explicitly say that Morgan Tsvangirai had won the poll or that President Robert Mugabe should step down. More »
- Chinese Weapons Ship May Head Home
  
  BBC | Apr 22, 08 9:33 CDT
  
  (Newser) - China may recall the ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe, thanks to stonewalling by its Southern African neighbors, the BBC reports. Coastal nations are refusing to allow the ship to dock, worried that the weapons will be used to escalate Zimbabwe’s tense post-election standoff. The ship may yet find harbor in Angola, an ally of Zimbabwe’s government, but a Chinese official said it was considering simply returning home. More »
- Zimbabwe's Opposition Pleads for Help
  
  Reuters | Apr 21, 08 6:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe's opposition begged world leaders today for protection from post-election violence, Reuters reports. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said troops were "terrorizing people" and creating "a very serious humanitarian situation" in Zimbabwe, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said. Tsvangirai also told Ban that African leaders had failed to intervene after Zimbabwe's disputed election last month. More »
- Zimbabwe Begins Recount; Opposition Rejects Move
  
  Reuters | Apr 19, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe began a partial recount today of votes from last month’s parliamentary elections despite objections from the opposition party and fears that the deadlock could turn violent. The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies is expected to last 3 days and could reverse the initial results that handed defeat to the country’s ruling party, Reuters reports. More »
- Mugabe: Brit Bribes Swayed Election
  
  Reuters | Apr 18, 08 9:02 CDT
  
  (Newser) - In his first speech since his maybe-final election defeat, Robert Mugabe accused Britain of bribing Zimbabwe’s voters, Reuters reports. “Down with the British. Down with the thieves who want to steal our country,” he told a cheering crowd of 15,000. Britain’s Gordon Brown has been among Mugabe’s loudest international critics, demanding the president release results from the March 29 election. More »
- China Ships Arms to Mugabe
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 18, 08 4:29 CDT
  
  (Newser) - As tensions rise in Zimbabwe, a Chinese ship has arrived in a South African port with arms bound for Harare. The ship put to sea with AK-47 rifles, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and millions of rounds of ammunition, apparently to fortify President Robert Mugabe, who's not relinquishing power despite his suspected loss in last month's presidential election. A South African politician called the shipment tantamount to "putting a fuse in a powder keg." More »
- South Africa Calls for Results in Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | Apr 17, 08 6:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Africa shifted course today and for the first time called on Zimbabwe to release election results, Reuters reports. A spokesman for the government of Thabo Mbeki—an ally of Robert Mugabe who had previously downplayed the crisis—called the situation "dire." President Bush, meanwhile, criticized African leaders for allowing the situation to fester. More »
- Mugabe Rival Accused of Treason
  
  Reuters | Apr 17, 08 7:49 CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is convinced he won last month's presidential election, has now been accused of treason by President Robert Mugabe's government. The accusation presents a dangerous new threat in the wake of the controversial elections, whose results have not yet been released. "There is no doubting the consequences for acting in a treasonous manner," warned Zimbabwe Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa. More »
- Mugabe Didn't Win: Brown
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 16, 08 1:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gordon Brown said today Robert Mugabe lost Zimbabwe’s March 29 election, implying that Mugabe means to change the results while delaying their release, the Guardian reports. "No one thinks, having seen the result at the polling stations, that President Mugabe has won. … A stolen election would not be an election at all," Britain's prime minister told the UN Security Council. More »
- Zimbabwe Strike Fizzles
  
  AFP | Apr 15, 08 11:24 CDT
  
  (Newser) - A strike Zimbabwe's opposition party called in hopes of forcing the release of election results mostly fizzled today, reports the AFP. Businesses remained open, and the heavy security presence the government prepped in anticipation was eased during the day. Said a merchant who wants the results released but opened his store: "If I stay away indefinitely then what is my family going to eat?" More »
- Zimbabwe Braces for Strike
  
  BBC | Apr 15, 08 3:48 CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a court yesterday refused to force the publication of general election results, Zimbabwe's opposition leader has once again called for a general strike. The party of Morgan Tsvangirai, who has declared victory over President Robert Mugabe, is advocating a "mass stay-in until the results are released." But with unemployment at 80%, the effectiveness of the job action is unclear, reports the BBC. More »
- Court Rejects Zimbabwe Poll Petition
  
  BBC | Apr 14, 08 8:39 CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Zimbabwean high court today rejected a petition to force President Robert Mugabe’s government to release its long-delayed election results, the BBC reports. Instead, the ruling party will be allowed to go through with its recounts, which the opposition believes are a ploy to rig the parliamentary election. More »
- Recount Ordered in Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | Apr 13, 08 1:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe's opposition leaders are crying foul today over a planned recount of last month's election results, Reuters reports. "They had custody of the ballot boxes for two weeks and they must have stuffed them with their votes," an opposition spokesman told BBC. Zimbabwe's election officials ordered the recounts today in 23 constituencies for all levels of government. More »
- Mbeki: Don't Worry About Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | Apr 12, 08 5:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Africa's president told African leaders today not to worry about Zimbabwe's disputed election, Reuters reports. "I wouldn't describe that as a crisis," President Thabo Mbeki said at a summit of 14 leaders in Zambia, assembled to free Zimbabwe from its political deadlock. "It's a normal electoral process in Zimbabwe." But Zambia's president urged them to act, saying they "can no longer continue to stand by and do nothing." More »
- Zimbabwe Opposition Calls Strike
  
  Reuters | Apr 11, 08 5:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition party called a general strike today in response to news that Robert Mugabe will not attend a weekend summit intended to speed the release of last month’s election results, Reuters reports. Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change marshaled support for the strike, which "starts Tuesday." But police warned that all political rallies are outlawed "with immediate effect," BBC reports. More »
- Zimbabwe Opposition Vows to Boycott Runoff
  
  Associated Press | Apr 10, 08 11:44 CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition party today announced it would boycott a runoff of the presidential election, saying their candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the vote “hands down.” Official results from the election still have not been released, but President Robert Mugabe is thought to be pushing for a runoff vote, claiming Tsvangirai didn’t win by a large enough margin, the Guardian reports. More »
- 'Vote Mugabe or Die,' Thugs Warn
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 10, 08 4:23 CDT
  
  (Newser) - Supporters of President Robert Mugabe have unleashed a wave of violence against opposition supporters ahead of a presumed second round of voting in Zimbabwe's presidential election. Armed men have driven from village to village and beaten voters in a chilling wave of intimidation designed to ensure another victory for Mugabe, the Guardian reports. Gun-wielding thugs warned patients at a hospital recently: "Next time you vote you must get it right or you will die." More »
- Mugabe Foe Meets South African Leaders
  
  Mail & Guardian (South Africa) | Apr 8, 08 4:34 CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai traveled to South Africa yesterday to shore up international support for his claim that he has defeated Robert Mugabe in the presidential election. No details were released about Tsvangirai's meeting with Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress leader and assumed next president, but the Mail and Guardian reports that Zuma is less inclined to prop up Mugabe than the current president, Thabo Mbeki. More »
- Zimbabwe Frees Times Reporter, British Journalist
  
  New York Times | Apr 7, 08 12:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New York Times reporter Barry Bearak and a British journalist were freed on bail today by Zimbabwean authorities, who arrested them last week for covering the country's presidential elections without government approval. Bearak was released to a clinic; he was injured in jail when he fell 7 feet from his bunk to the concrete cell floor. More »
- Mugabe's Supporters Raid White-Owned Farms
  
  Times (UK) | Apr 7, 08 4:41 CDT
  
  (Newser) - Militant supporters of President Robert Mugabe raided some of the last remaining white-owned farms in Zimbabwe last night as part of a campaign of intimidation to keep their leader in power, reports the Times of London. Television cameras filmed attackers forcing white landowners off their farms and looting their livestock and machinery. More »

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President Robert Mugabe is seen at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. Thousands of war veterans marched in the streets of Harare in an effort to show solidarity with President... (Associated Press)

President Robert Mugabe addresses party supporters at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) (Associated Press)

A picture taken 19 August 1966 shows Ian Smith, Rebel Prime Minister of Rhodesia, delivering a speech in Umtali. Smith, who led the country now known as Zimbabwe during a guerilla war against his whites-only... (Getty Images)

Robert Mugabe will nationalize the country's mines, with potentially devastating consequences. (Getty Images)

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. (Associated Press)

President Robert Mugabe greets party supporters at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. Thousands of war veterans marched in the streets of Harare in an effort to show solidarity... (Associated Press)

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Background

Ian Douglas Smith
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Ian Douglas Smith 1919-2007, Rhodesian political leader. A cattle farmer who was the son of a Scottish immigrant, he served in the Southern Rhodesia legislative assembly from 1948 until 1953, when he was elected to the federal parliament of the Central African Federation, where he served until ...

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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe , formerly Rhodesia, officially Republic of Zimbabwe, republic (2005 est. pop. 12,747,000), 150,803 sq mi (390,580 sq km), S central Africa. It is bordered on the north by Zambia, on the northeast and east by Mozambique, on the south by South Africa, and on the southwest and west by ...

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe , 1924-, president of Zimbabwe (1987-). A founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) in 1963 and a guerrilla leader, Mugabe jointly negotiated independence in 1979 with Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). When Mugabe's ZANU won a majority in ...

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