Posts Tagged ‘Zimbabwe’

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Oct05

Land Reform, Mugabe-Style

by Duane on October 5th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Posted In: Podcast, World

Today’s word is: Gangsta
Say it with me, “Gang-sta.”
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Has Built Secret Farming Empire
(VOA News) Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has said his fast-track land reform program, launched in 2000, was to give Zimbabwean land back to landless blacks and that each individual should acquire and own only one farm. However VOA has discovered that he [...]

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May19

No White people involved? No big deal

by Duane on May 19th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Prison, World

HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 19 (UPI) — Appalling conditions in Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi prison have resulted in at least 700 of its 1,300 inmates dying in the last year, local media reported.
The Zimbabwe weekly The Standard said the maximum security prison, located about 12 miles east of Harare, has one of the highest deaths rates in the [...]

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