Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cholera? Starvation? Crazy inflation? No worries! Mugabe organises big party ... for his birthday!!!

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 85th birthday on Saturday at a huge party which critics say is insensitive to an economic crisis which has left many families destitute.

The veteran Zimbabwean leader will, for the first time at such a party, be joined by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, his new partner in a power-sharing government formed early this month.

Mugabe, Zimbabwe's sole ruler for nearly three decades, is holding onto power despite economic and political turmoil that have forced him into a unity government with the opposition. More...

See also:

  1. Robert Mugabe buys luxury home in Hong Kong...
  2. Zimbabwe is bleeding but Mrs.Mugabe goes on a shopping spree...
  3. Zimbabwe: Mugabe ‘vacationing in, and switching funds to, Malaysia...'

3 comments:

  1. Not that I am a Mugabe apologist, but how is this ANY different from the lavish inaugural balls in honor of Obama in the midst of our own national crisis. It seems horribly hypocritical for the media to criticize Mugabe and support Obama's identical behavior.

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  2. Although we can argue about the details concerning both men and the way they were elected, your point is valid. Politicians, no matter who they are or how they are elected, are only concerned about power and have no interest in the people who elect them. And the problem, I think, lies with the latter, for electing the same old hypocrites who promise change but seldom do anything to bring it about.

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  3. And WHAT doe the dictator Mugabe have in common with Obama? Besides skin color.....NOTHING! So Why instead of figuring out a way to blame the US or OBama for Mugabe disastrous ruining of that country, don't people figure out a way to get Mugabe out of Zimbabwe. Get a dose of reality please.

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