Now hear this! Just another democratically elected government, eh? Wasn't Somalia a democracy? How about Germany prior to WWII? What can we make of Nigeria Right Now?



Under cover of war, Mugabe unleashes a new reign of terror
By Basildon Peta, Southern Africa Correspondent
19 April 2003

Hidden from a world whose gaze has been fixed on Iraq, a full-scale reign of terror has been unleashed on opponents of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Zimbabweans were arrested and tortured as Mr Mugabe, apparently taking advantage of the lull in international scrutiny, stepped up his campaign of repression during the three weeks of the United States' war on Saddam Hussein.