Mugabe's Crimes Exposed [Paperback]

Mugabe is currently one of the most controversial leaders in the world. With 21 degrees: 7 Academic and 14 honorary, Mugabe is believed by Africans to be perhaps the most educated President in the world, and the most written about leader to date. He is indeed a 'celebrity'. Amid an economic Meltdown in Zimbabwe, characterized by the highest inflation rate in the world, Mugabe's controversial popularity has gained momentum, with his recent reappointment. In a run-off election that was boycotted by the MDC leader Tsvangirai. According to the "Top 9 Most Notorious World Leaders," Mugabe tops the list - Alongside George Bush of the United States of America, who is most notorious for Starting a 3-year long war in Iraq during which over 2,000 US soldiers and at least 34,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed. Mugabe is most notorious for implementing a disastrous land reform policy in an attempt to win political support and for clamping down on political and media freedoms. Mugabe's 28 years of leadership has been showered with criticisms, home and abroad.Mugabe has been criticized around the world of corruption, suppression of political opposition, mishandling of land reform, economic mismanagement, and deteriorating human rights in Zimbabwe. According to most analysts, his administration's policies have led to the economic collapse and massive starvation over the course of the last ten years. Zimbabwe has the highest inflation rate in the world and is, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Africa's worst economic performer. Clearly, Zimbabwe is not well by any standard. The economy is close to collapse, the standard of living has plummeted, and the political scene is marred by violence. Mugabe has brought this state of affairs upon his nation through economic mismanagement and repression, and what would have been an otherwise prosperous country is instead on the edge of ruin. Mugabe is known for conducting a "reign of terror and being an extremely poor role model for the continent, whose transgressions are unpardonable. Accordingly, Mugabe is to blame for Zimbabwe' economic freefall.Thus, when a television news anchor begins a segment on Zimbabwe, the viewer is immediately treated to an image of Mugabe, whose visage quickly triggers a set of memories - dictatorship, warfare, corruption, asset stealing, the militarization of politics, etc. Indeed, Mugabe's crimes are numerous: human rights abuses, election rigging, and repression of political opponents, and mismanagement of the economy leading to capital flight and brain drain. Zimbabweans are suffering "war-like trauma" from state-driven political violence directed against political opponents, use of "food as a weapon," government death squads, ethnic cleansing, and even "genocide" against a rebellious group.