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Zimbabwe Weeps as the World Laughs
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About the book: "The African Condition: A Political Diagnosis"

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Once referred to as the most promising nation in Africa, Zimbabwe is on the threshold of earning the name, “a failed state” due to the economic plunder and the failure of the democratic frameworks to restoring the integrity of adressing issues affecting the local citizenry.

With the highest inflation rate in the world, Zimbabwe is not likely to restore its political, economic and social dignity it once boasted in the 1980s. Instead, it is only seen as a desolate and undemocratic country especially with the mention of Robert Mugabe and his policies against the white minority in Zimbabwe. Although the majority of Africans can boast of a land, which was in the hands of the minority, the approach adapted in acquiring the land was itself the wrong.

The world should realize that when democracy is defined, it is not the same everywhere. According to Mugabe, whatever he did, was democracy in his own estimate, and no one should question that!

In most circumstances, we tend to define issues from the West perspective without the need to look at the local situation. For instance, poverty is defined by not having a dollar per day, which itself, favours the west. In this regard, poverty measurement should only be measured per the local categories.
Democracy on the other hand has been measured as the conditions for addressing the needs of the majority yet when Mugabe gives land to his people, he is criticized of being insincere to the democratic principles of humanity.

Right now there is dreadlock on the formation of a sound cabinet due to the so-called interference of the west in local issues in Zimbabwe. What remains to be seen is can the formation of a grand coalition government stabilize things? Will Tsvangirayi turn around the economy? What is the real interest of the West in the internal issues of Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa?

The most important element is for leadership to understand the real issues facing the people and handle them with caution lest the world laughs as the people continue suffering!

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