2000 in Zimbabwe - September

September

  • Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe is served with a civil suit, while visiting the United Nations. The suit states that he ordered killings, torture and terrorism in his country and is seeking $400 million in damages.

Mugabe still beholds power, in spite of presidential elections that were strongly suspected to be fraudulous. The pressure on journalists and most of all opposition members and their families got bigger since.

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