Beaten: Mike, left, and Ben whose farmland in Zimbabwe was torched They turned up that dark evening, as they would for many more to come, when supper was over. Screaming ‘out, out, out’ and thumping drums, Mugabe’s mob lit a noose of 50 fires around the farmhouse. In the flickering circle of flames, it was easy to see the AK-47 automatic rifles they waved above their angry faces. Inside,... 

Robert Mugabe’s ‘land redistribution’ policy, under which Zimbabwe’s white-owned farms have been brutally plundered, has ruined thousands of lives and turned once-productive areas into wastelands. A new documentary tells the moving story of one family, their bodies beaten, their home torched, who refuse to roll over. Graham Boynton reports. There is a moment in Mugabe and the White African... 

Finally we ran across an image of this bank note! We knew about it for about 1.5 years now, but we had yet to see an actual image of it. We ran across a picture of it today, plus two more similar images of a 50 Trillion and a 10 Trillion denomination. Keep in mind that Zimbabwe was an ex-colony of England and under European leadership this country developed smooth and fast. It used to be called Rhodesia... 

Robert Mugabe absolutely hates Roy Bennett. Bennett is a wealthy white farmer who is extremely popular among black people who then voted him in as a member of parliament. Bennett is a strong character who once even punched one of Mugabe’s officials in the mouth in parliament some years ago, which earned him quite a long stint in jail. The black people absolutely love this white farmer and they... 

President Obama announced today that the United States will provide $73 million in aid to Zimbabwe, saying the economically-wracked nation has made progress since Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai entered a power-sharing arrangement with longtime President Robert Mugabe four months ago. “We’ve seen progress from the prime minister,” Obama said, after meeting with Tsvangirai in... 

Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe travels to Brussels demanding massive financial aid to economically devastated government, caused by Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwean groups on Friday called on the European Union to unblock “massive aid” to their devastated country, days ahead of the first visit to Brussels by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. “Tsvangirai will be travelling... 

Zimbabwe’s rhinos are being wiped out amid a surge in poaching driven by Chinese demand for the animals’ horns, a wildlife conservation group warned today. Around 120 rhinos have been killed since last March to feed the lucrative Chinese black market, said Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the independent Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. Since last year economic collapse and the breakdown... 

“He’s talking like Mugabe now”: Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, the new prime minister of Zimbabwe after ousting out Robert Mugabe continue the crackdown white farmers who are cultivating food and crops to feed the blacks, who are unable by any means to work their own land. Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s controversial “land reform programme” took a new twist... 

President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has drawn up a secret plan to accelerate seizures of land owned by white farmers in Zimbabwe. The Commercial Farmers’ Union estimates that at least 100 farmers have been targeted for eviction and invasion in the last two weeks. They appear to be the first victims of a secret plan drawn up by Mr Mugabe’s allies to ensure that “everything... 

The US economy just accelerated its “march to Zimbabwe” as Barack Obama announced plans to spend an additional $787 billion dollars to “stimulate” the economy. Notice that no one has admitted why the economy is collapsing. No one is standing up in public and saying that federal regulators pressured banks to make risky subprime loans to minorities. This might remind people that Barack Obama... 

The men who pulled up in three white pickup trucks were looking for Patson Chipiro, head of the Zimbabwean opposition party in Mhondoro district. His wife, Dadirai, told them he was in Harare but would be back later in the day, and the men departed. An hour later they were back. They grabbed Mrs Chipiro and chopped off one of her hands and both her feet. Then they threw her into her hut, locked the... 

The SA Police Explosives Unit confirmed on Wednesday that an uncleared Chinese vessel docked at the outer anchorage of the Port of Durban is carrying arms.Customs revealed that the shipment was destined for Zimbabwe. Inspector Nicholas Gunther of the SA Explosives Unit in Durban told Sapa the vessel – called ‘An Yue Jiang’ – was carrying a shipment of arms. “We went there... 

Militants Invade White Farms in Zimbabwe White farmers in Zimbabwe say militants loyal to President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party have forced three cattle ranchers off their land. A fourth is holding out with about 50 militants threatening to break down his farm gates. The land grabs, revealed Sunday, come as Mugabe and his party confront massive elections losses and an expected presidential... 

After the departure of many white people, those who remain in the country often face economic hardship. An elderly white man sits behind the steering wheel of an old van with “National Railways Zimbabwe” emblazoned on its doors. As he and the group of black men with him disembark from the van, people start pointing and passing comments about him. Slightly unkempt, with a rough beard and... 

“F**k off! You f**king racist! Get yourself out of my country!” To Robb WJ Ellis, a young white recently appointed policeman in Zimbabwe just after Robert Mugabe’s accession to power, it was soon made clear what the new potentates thought of him. At the same time that Mugabe was being lauded by much of the rest of the world, his secret armies were murdering thousands of his political opponents...