Zimbabweans who have been scarred by weeks of ongoing violence that is causing significant loss of lives and property are reportedly calling for the intervention of an international peacekeeping force to end the spree. This comes after the international community widely condemned the upheaval. As opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sought refuge at the Dutch Embassy [...]

As the greater Africa tries to move out of conflict and institute a semblance of stability and socially responsible governance, Zimbabwe, under the leadership of octogenarian Mugabe, has been leaping in the opposite direction. And just when many thought they could see an end to the regression, Mugabe quit leaping, just to start sprinting, further and deeper into the abyss of tyranny!

Fanuel Jongwe reports via Mail and Guardian online:

President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that “only God” could remove him from office, as Zimbabwe’s opposition considered pulling out of next week’s run-off election amid escalating violence.
“The MDC will never be allowed to rule this country — never, ever,” Mugabe told local business people in Zimbabwe’s second [...]