President Robert Mugabe hits bottom -- starts digging.
Zimbabwe used to be an exporter of food, now it imports. It used to be a wealthy country, now its poverty level is among the highest in Africa. What happened? President Robert Mugabe came into power.
The latest atrocity from his government ---
CNN has the story:
Zimbabwe police burn 6-mile line of vendors' stalls
Police continued demolishing thousands of shacks and vendors' kiosks in opposition strongholds Monday, burning a 10-kilometer (six-mile) long line of curio stalls along the road near Victoria Falls.
A spokesman for the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party called the crackdown tyranny and urged the people to resist. Lawyers for the party sought a court order Monday that banned police from demolishing shacks and kiosks and demanding compensation for the owners of buildings destroyed in what the government calls a campaign to clean up the cities.
Thousands of street traders have been arrested and their wares seized or destroyed since the May 19 start of the crackdown, which the government has described as an urban renewal campaign.
Police using torches, sledgehammers and bulldozers have also burned and demolished the homes of the urban poor in informal settlements around the country.
And of course, Mugabe's activities are fully supported and aided by the United Nations.
Posted by DaveH at June 2, 2005 11:59 AM