I work with a gentleman from Zimbabwe and he tells me some of the things he and his family have gone thru are horrific.
He has absolutely devastated his ppl and the ability to feed themselves - he should admit he did wrong, and humbly step down. i know he was trying to do the Idi Amin way of driving the Indians out (whom i hear now are asking them back in), but is just they were he went about it, totally wrong. Its making him look real stupid right now. He has really impoverished his nation
But he sho is gangsta though
standing up against the west like that. All i wish for is his ppl wouldnt starve. No one will back you mr mugabe when u do that.
But am curious about the british though. From what i have heard they once support robert mugabe's and his majority rule campaigns during the Rhodesian bush war.
now this has got to stop. They dont want to leave office and when they leave they bring in their relative.
World's longest-serving leaders, excluding monarchies: - a lot of africans on that list, hm - i wonder why?
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President Fidel CastroCuba-Embargo-Reasons-to-End of Cuba rose to power Jan. 1, 1959. Aged 81 and suffering health problems, Castro says he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.
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Omar Bongo ascended to Gabon's presidency Dec. 2, 1967, after his predecessor's death. In his 70s, Bongo faces little political opposition in oil-rich West African nation of 1.5 million.
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Moammar Gadhafi of Libya took power through a Sept. 1, 1969, military coup in the oil-producing North African nation of 6 million people. In his 60s.
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Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in his late 60s, came to power Nov. 11, 1978, in the Indian Ocean island nation of 370,000.
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Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, in his mid-60s, seized power in the oil-producing West African nation of 500,000 citizens in Aug. 3, 1979, coup.
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Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos took power Sept. 21, 1979, after winning election under one-party system then governing the oil-producing southern Africa nation of 12 million. In his 60s.
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Robert Mugabe has been only leader of Zimbabwe's 12 million people since April 18, 1980, independence from Britain. In his 80s.