Robert Mugabe would really appreciate a $300 gift card — not for himself, but his collapsing country’s treasury
African despot named tourism mascot - TheDC
Mugabe's martyrdom of Zimbabwe - TheDC
War correspondent Peter Godwin discusses his new book ‘The Fear’ and how Robert Mugabe raped his country
TheDC's Jamie Weinstein: Offer Gaddafi safe transfer to Zimbabwe - TheDC
In exchange for an end to bloodshed, U.S. should offer Gaddafi safe transfer to some dictatorial fiefdom, no matter how unpalatable the thought
China censors, paints Egyptian protests as the result of that crazy Western style democracy - AP
Newspapers can only publish accounts of the protests from the official Xinhua News Service
Zimbabwe art exhibit ban rouses memories of the nation's troubled past - NYT
The government banned an art exhibit in Zimbabwe’s National Gallery and charged the artist with insulting President Robert Mugabe for graphic depictions of the atrocities committed during the early years of his rule
Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Party ready to regain dominance - AP
Mugabe has called for national elections next year to bring an end to the shaky two-year coalition with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage - AP
Fellow Nordic nations hardly noticed when 67-year-old Johanna Sigurdardottir tied the knot with her longtime partner — a milestone that would still, despite advances in gay rights, be all but inconceivable elsewhere.
Mugabe sending 'Ark' to North Korea - The Guardian
The Zimbabwean president will send a modern-day ark – containing pairs of giraffes, zebras, baby elephants and other wild animals taken from a national park – to a zoo in North Korea
Robert Mugabe--of all people, urges nonviolence - CNN
President Robert Mugabe denounced violence and urged Zimbabweans to focus on rebuilding the country in a speech that marked the nation’s 30 years of independence from Britain
Zimbabwe's Mugabe closes in on last white farmers - The Times of London
For Ray Finaughty, the dream of farming Africa’s rich soil has ended as the campaign to drive Zimbabwe’s white farmers from their land enters its final stage. One by one the last white farmers are being beaten into submission. Four more had their farms seized by marauding gangs last week
