Article: Robert Mugabe is the grotesque tyrant who, having taken power in Zimbabwe in 1980, broke all opposition, white and black, and led his country to abjection.(The Week)(EU-Africa summit)(Brief article)

Robert Mugabe is the grotesque tyrant who, having taken power in Zimbabwe in 1980, broke all opposition, white and black, and led his country to abjection. Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, announced he would not attend an EU-Africa summit in Lisbon in December if Mugabe were there. This was only just (though justice delayed), for Britain was responsible for the post-colonial deal that elevated Mugabe in the first place. But South Africa is quietly ...

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