Two years ago, Zimbabwe was on the precipice of an economic and social
meltdown. There was widespread violence and lawlessness. Many people
lost their lives. Today the economy is slowly turning around, thanks to a coalition government that's trying to fix the country. "There is no freedom without struggle; there is no freedom without sacrifice," Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai has said.
At 58, this leading Zimbabwean politician knows a thing or two about what it means to struggle and sacrifice. He has been arrested, beaten and tortured. He has survived at least three assassination attempts, charged multiple times with treason, while hundreds of his followers have been kidnapped, tortured, and killed.
"So it has been quite an extraordinary experience," Tsvangirai told CBN News during an exclusive interview in the capital city of Harare.
Mugabe, Dictator of the Month
Many accuse Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, and his followers of orchestrating much of Tsvangirai's woes.
Mugabe is Africa's oldest president. He has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 30 years. The August edition of Foreign Policy Magazine ranked him as the world's second-worst dictator behind North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il.
"I'm just going to be very blunt,' President Barack
Obama said recently about Mugabe's leadership. "I do not see him serving
his people well. And the abuses, the human rights abuses -- the
violence that's been perpetrated against opposition leaders I think is
terrible."
Source: CBN News | George Thomas
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