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The U.N. Security Council has unanimously condemned the Zimbabwean government because of violence that has marred the campaign leading up to a scheduled presidential election run-off, which forced the withdrawal of the opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai from the race.  Tsvangirai on Monday also called for the United Nations to investigate incumbent Robert Mugabe. Because the longtime president has said only God can remove him, Tsvangirai said, “my fear is that the people of Zimbabwe will become more desperate.”  He dropped out of Friday’s runoff after youth militias loyal to Mugabe attacked a political rally at a stadium in Harare. Tsvangirai said vote rigging and violence made a fair election impossible. 

Book Description:  After 25 years in power, Robert Mugabe is under increasing pressure to step down and allow democratic reform in Zimbabwe. Amnesty International rates the country among the worst for torture and abuse of human rights, the Commonwealth has suspended Zimbabwes membership, and even in Africa there is growing outrage at what some see as a rogue state. In the past five years, millions of words have been written about the tragedy — including more than a dozen books — but few have focused on what might happen when freedom comes.
As things stand, schools and hospitals have collapsed, a third of the population lives in exile and 3 000 people die of AIDS every week. Once Africas second-biggest exporter of food, 70 per cent of the country lives under conditions of famine in the wake of violent land reform.What will it take to rebuild Zimbabwe? This gripping, incisive book discusses many relevant issues and asks serious questions, including:
- Will 4 million exiles go home to a country with 80 per cent unemployment?
- Should there be war-crimes trials?
- Can the economy be revived?
-Where will the billions of dollars come from that are needed to put things right?What Happens After Mugabe is meticulously researched, with material drawn from hundreds of interviews inside Zimbabwe and among exile communities in Britain, the US and South Africa.