2 posts tagged “mugabe”

Police in Zimbabwe yesterday arrested the secretary general of the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, and detained its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, as he campaigned for the June 27 presidential run-off. Thats one way to win an election and somehow it seems like a foregone conclusion that Mugabe will continue with his Dicatorship for many years to come, whilst the rest of the Worlds governments stand by and do nothing to save the people of Zimbabwe. I refrain from swiping at flies but there are exceptions to rules and my peace loving philosophy towards life is hard to maintain when thoughts of 'taking this man out' enter my mind. Such men do not deserve to be on earth, let alone be in absolute power of a beautiful nation like Zimbabwe. The world never ceases to amaze me. Some amazement I could live without though. You know what I mean ? 'Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.'

From the Times On-Line: Scores of children and babies have been locked up in filthy prison cells in Harare as Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president, sinks to new depths in his campaign to force the opposition into exile before an expected run-off in presidential elections. Twenty-four babies and 40 children under the age of six were among the 250 people rounded up in a raid on Friday, according to Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Yesterday they were crammed into cells in Southerton police station in central Harare.

full story - www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3822569.ece