Harare, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s iron-fisted president, Robert Mugabe, has called on the world to stop sending food to his starving country. “Why foist this food upon us?” he said in a rare TV interview on Sky News. “We don’t want to be choked, we have enough.” Mugabe also rejected reports of human rights abuses against his opponents, and attacked two critics—South Africa’s Bishop Desmond Tutu and Zimbabwe’s Bishop Pius Ncube—as “unholy men.” Iden Wetherell, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, said the interview proved Mugabe was “delusional,” adding, “All he can do is shake his fists at a world he no longer understands.”
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Aston Martin Vantage Roadster: 'a rare treat indeed'The Week Recommends The Roadster version of Aston Martin's new Vantage coupé makes even 'the most mundane journey feel special'
-
Bad Friend: Tiffany Watt Smith explores why women abandon friendshipsThe Week Recommends A 'deeply researched' account of female friendship through history
-
Brazil's reborn dolls crazeUnder The Radar The 'hyper-realistic' babies soaring in popularity in South American nation have spawned controversy
