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As Zimbabwe continues to slide downhill with a corrupt cretin at the helm

Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of Africa. It exported food. Robert Mugabe took power in 1980 and things went downhill fast. It now imports food, has over 4 Million people living with hunger and Mugabe still continues to offer solutions like his 2004 Obesity tourism proposal -- from the Times Online:

'Obesity tourism' is Mugabe’s answer to feeding Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has come up with a bizarre proposal to solve the food crisis threatening half its population with starvation. It wants to bring in obese tourists from overseas so that they can shed pounds doing manual labour on land seized from white farmers.

Clearly the guy has a serious screw loose. He is at it again, this time with disastrous environmental consequences -- this from the South African Independent Online:

Zimbabwe turns to wildlife as food source
President Robert Mugabe's regime has directed national parks officials to kill animals in state-owned conservation areas to feed hungry rural peasants - a move that could wipe out what remains of Zimbabwe's impalas, kudus, giraffes, elephants and other species.

The directive is a major blow to efforts by conservationists to try to rehabilitate the wildlife sector which was devastated after Mugabe ordered his supporters to invade and confiscate white-owned farms in 2000.

The chaotic farm invasions saw party militants storming into conservation areas - both private and state-owned - to slaughter animals.

And of course, this stinking turd is propped up by the United Nations. Posted by DaveH at April 27, 2005 9:53 PM