Zimbabwe Research Paper

Zimbabwe is an African country located in southern Africa, just north of South Africa. The country is a republic, similar to the United States, this means that the people can vote for a leader, and everyone’s voice is heard. However, in Zimbabwe, that is not the case. Right now the president is a man named Robert Mugabe, he is 93 years old, and has been the leader of Zimbabwe since 1980. At first he was prime minister, and then in 1987 he became president, but the amount of power he had stayed the same. He has been ruling for over 7 terms, and at this point he is more of a dictator than a president, and he has done many terrible things. People have been wanting the United Nations to intervene and so something about it, but the UN has too many problems, and they cannot focus on it. But, Zimbabwe should receive the UN’s support immediately because Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, has ruined the economy, killed many people, and violated many human rights.
First, President Mugabe has destroyed the economy of Zimbabwe. A few years ago, Mugabe had gotten Zimbabwe involved with the civil war in Congo. This caused massive debt that Mugabe needed to pay off, however, his strategy was not the best. Mugabe decided to have the banks print more money to pay off the debts, but this backfired on Mugabe …show more content…
Apart from the massacres and deaths, he has tortured many people. BBC reports that a man part of a group called the Tajamuka. Tajamuka is a group that is against Mugabe and protests him, and Mugabe tortures many of these people, which makes sense considering what he has done previously with the MDC. The article states, “Silvanos Mudzova, a member of the pressure group Tajamuka, said he had been abducted from his home… he had been blindfolded and tortured with sharp objects.” This shows that Mugabe does not take any criticism. At this point he is more of a dictator, and has ruined