Zimbabwe situation, mugabe?

Question

What is currently happening in zimbabwe? Who is mugabe? How did he come to power and whats he doing now?Whats the name of the opposition leader?

Answer 1

Mugabe came into power heading the independence movement from great britain. He has spent many years in office and has changed, making a number of moves that have destroyed Zimbabwe's agriculture. in the Election, an opposition leader had more votes than Mugabe, but did not gain a clear majority required by the Zimbabwe consitution. in the second election, between just the opposition leader and Mugabe, much violence was done to the opposition leader's party, enough to make him drop out, and let Mugabe become elected again. the opposition leader is called Morgan Tsvangirai, and because of this contraversy, the German paper company that makes Zimbabwe currency inflate 4 million percent

Answer 2

Gee, what did you do?  Wake up this morning and, all of a sudden, develop an interest in world events?

May I suggest:

http://www.nytimes.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk

http://www.britannica.com

http://www.wikipedia.org