Essay about Mugabe's Effect on Zimbabwe

I can’t help but assume that the reason why no one has yet to put an end to Mugabe’s ruling is because there

Chief Wimbe becomes ill soon after and passes away. Hundreds mourn his death and dance over his gravesite. The people believe that the election of Bingu Wa Mutharika will bring better times for the local farmers. At the same time William estimates that twenty percent of Malawian’s have HIV and witches charge outrageous

Rwanda has almost always been somewhat of a melting pot, much like other African nations. People of various ethnicities, occupations, and social classes lived in the country without much more trouble than the surrounding nations. Even so, much like other nations, Rwanda still had underlying issues beneath the surface that still had to be faced. Beginning on April 9th, 1994, the genocide had begun, leading to a systematic killing of over 800,000 Rwandans. For what reason were these people killed to begin with? Each of these people were killed for being either Tutsi, an upper-classed ethnic group in the nation, or for refusing to partake in the barbaric bloodletting. After the confrontations between the “upper class” Tutsi and the

Robert Mugabe spent ten years in prison before assuming the presidency of Zimbabwe. Instead of learning from his time in prison, he brought all his poor habits of corruption to the country of Zimbabwe (“Zimbabwe’s” 1). During his powerful rule, Zimbabwe faced many different situations within his country. Within the first few years of Mugabe being president, Zimbabwe started to have some political and economical issues. Whether or not the issues are a direct correlation to Mugabe being president is unknown, but the timing is impeccable. Money was starting to disappear within the government causing an economic crisis, and Zimbabwe was having massive poverty and inflation increases. These issues led to the conspiracy of a corrupt government

How is the family? How goes the struggle to put food on the table? From what I am reading, the end is near. Once upon a time, there was a party called Zanu PF that dominated Zimbabwe’s politics, but now we are all waiting for its demise. What happens next, is anyone’s guess.

Burundi’s first displacement followed the selective genocide’ against the Hutu population in 1972 (Thomas 2009). Some of the people from Burundi have fled their country because of this ethnic-based war that ended in 2005 (Central n.d). The violence in Burundi has caused physical and sexual violence towards their citizens, which is why the women and children feel forced to flee their homelands in order to seek freedom. The IRC reported that there have been 72% of rape cases reported that occurred in Burundi while in transit (Burundi: Women 2015) Since April 2015, there have been many protests against the current president, Pierre Nkurunziza, after he decided to prolong his term of presidency for a third year. The protests against him have only increased the amount of attacks between Nkurunziza’s security forces and his opponents causing at least 400 deaths. It is because of this that over 220,000 people have fleed their homes in seek of refuge (Jones 2015). Nkurunziza has tried to get many young boys to join his armed forces. His recruitment causes fear to many young boys causing them to flee to Tanzania to seek

Throughout history, human beings have revolutionized the world using technology and other innovative means. However, it goes without saying on the opposite side of the coin that although people are capable of creating phenomenal things, people are just as capable of destruction. For as long as there has been differences amongst people in society, there has always been discrimination against people in regards to a certain race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and etc. In the most extreme cases, differences of groups of people in society have resulted in mass persecution through the systematic destruction know as genocide. In society, atrocious genocides aren't uncommon events. Since the beginning of time, people have participated in horrific acts of injustice against one another from the first modern genocide of “the 13th century, when heretics in Medieval Europe were massacred during Albigensian Crusade” (History 1) to the most recent, the Rwandan Genocide. The

The issue of abandonment will be brought to the forefront but not in terms of the genocide guilt card. Rwandan officials will believe that the same states that abandoned Rwanda before and during the genocide have little ability to criticise the continuation of the only person who did not leave the country during its darkest periods. President Kagame as leader of the RPF led the campaign to put an end to the massacres in response to international abandonment of the genocide. This might be easily misinterpreted as Rwanda promoting genocide guilt to deflect criticism of electing Kagame for more terms than the current Constitution allows. But at the heart of the issue is the distrust of the international community. They rather listen to and trust Kagame who did not abandon the country rather than the countries that did. How he ended the genocide and led the nation into wars with the DRC is met with the other two themes. Unlike the international community, which seems to disappoint Rwanda by not properly combating the FDLR , Kagame is credited for promoting the security of Rwandans by fighting the FDLR and other extremist groups bent on harming Rwanda. These military campaigns are all through a central belief that Rwanda needs to be self-reliant for its own protection and development. Since the 2012 M23 allegations and aid withdrawal by donors, Rwandans are increasingly accepting President Kagame’s call for self-reliance. As discussed in Chapter Six, his rhetoric campaigns against foreign aid, Kagame continues to instruct Rwandans to trust that economic development has to come from within Rwanda rather than continual acceptance of foreign aid. Ronal Nkusi commented how the reduction of aid went beyond just the realm of rhetoric to include it as a belief to be held by all government officials. This sense

Immediately after the signed agreement, the United Nations and many other nations lifted their sanction bans to Rhodesia and opened up trade. The African nation formally changed its name to Zimbabwe in honor of the historical ruins of Great Zimbabwe. After months, a transition period under British rule began with new elections. The elections were directed by the British government. The population of Zimbabwe elected Robert Mugabe and his ZANU party. Almost after 50 years of struggle, the British granted independence to Zimbabwe on April 18,1980. Under the rule of Robert Mugabe, the government embarked on reconstruction of towns as well as land

Over the years, Mandela had been banned, arrested and tried for Treason in 1956 and he was later acquitted. In 1961, Mandela became the commander of the African National Congress's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe. In 1962, Mandela left South Africa to raise money and gain international support for the ANC. As a result, he was arrested and and sentenced to five years for leaving the country without a passport and incitement. He began serving his time at the Pretoria Local Prison, and was later transferred to Robben Island. In April of 1984, he was sent to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. Four years later, he was moved to the Victor Verster Prison. Mandela refused to allow his afflictions to stand in the way of him expanding his knowledge. He once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Mandela taught himself to speak Afrikaans and learn about Afrikaner History. He used that as an advantage to communicate with the guards in their own language. Authorities would always switch around the guards if they felt like they were being too lenient in their treatment on the “famous prisoner”. Mandela also turned down many offers that were made by the

Once Mobutu started using clientelism he could not just stop. Clientelism was like a drug, once the system got used to it, it need more. When Mobutu gave people money or rewarded them with positions of influence within the government in exchange for supporting him, his follower became corrupt. One example of his clientelism, was the business sector. Many white Belgians living in the Congo left out of fear during the army mutiny, and took their business with them (Duignan, 130). For the Belgians that had stayed in the Congo, Mobutu would take their business from them and give it to his supporters. The white investors had been extremely profitable, but when Mobutu’s cronies took charge of them, the business lost a larger amount of their profits (Gibbs, 78). Another step Mobutu took in order to maintain his power was to only allow his people in office to hold their position for two years, that way not one person could gain control over his position (Duignan, 139). On the flip side, this idea of two year position did not allow for much improvement in the offices and therein lies a stagnate government. Mobutu becomes so paranoid about his control he sentenced Tshombe of “high treason, sentenced to death, and subjected to disgusting tortures”, only to have all charges dropped and then became prime minister (Duignan,

Afternoon once again some more on Zimbabwe...DISCUSS THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF THE MUTAPA STATE. (NOV 2008)

After the 1980 elections, Robert Mugabe was elected the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe as executive of the newly formed democratic government and the goal of democratic reform seemed imminent. Southern Africans (Southern Africa is the geographical region of southernmost Africa that consist of the countries of Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique,

Write an analysis of the developments of the taxation system in Zimbabwe from pre to post colonial Zimbabwe (25)

There are several factors affecting declining electoral turnout in Zimbabwe and South Africa. After just twenty years of attainment of national independence from United Kingdom, in the year 2000, Zimbabwe experienced what can only be termed a major setback in its transition to democracy. Without threat of defeat from opposition parties, the ruling party ZANU PF had enjoyed dominance in Zimbabwe, where they enjoyed victory after victory in elections. Zimbabwe Parliamentary Elections of 2000 saw ZANU PF face formidable opposition from the newly formed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). However, according to independent observers, extensive electoral fraud and voter intimidation occurred during this election and ultimately, the MDC won 57