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1/3. The president of Zimbabwe is Robert Gabriel MUGABE. He has been president since 1987, and was born in 1924. He was prime minister from 1980-1987. MUGABE, in his late 20's, helped and lead his black countrymen achieve independence from the British control. After 7 years in prison and the Guerilla war, he completed his goal for independence. He's the only leader that the Zimbabwe people know since he brought them independence. Robert was elected Publicity Secretary of the National Democracy Party. He taught at several mission schools, and in 1988 was awarded African Leader Prize. MUGABE wanted an all black country.

2: Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, it's tropical and the rainy season is from November to March. There are high plateaus, mountains in the east, and it has the world's largest falls (water fall). The population in the country is 12,746,990, 98% are African, 1% are mixed and Asian, and less then 1% are white. There are a lot of tough economic problems and the country is in need of support. Agriculture, Industry, and Services are the workplaces in the economy.

4: MUGABE has a connection with South African ex-leader, Thabo Mbeki. For 30 years, they've had a complex relationship, and Mbeki's policy (he believes) can help fix Zimbabwe's political crisis. Zimbabwe's legal system is based off of the Roman-Dutch law, but is influenced by South African systems.

5: 4 members in the supreme court, fundamental rights, Constitution gives right to fair trail. There is slow regression away from Democratic governance such as elections, Independence of Judiciary, the rule of law, freedom from discrimination. For the participation and Human rights in Zimbabwe, there are no fair and free elections, the protection in the country such as security forces and police abuses the human rights on the civilians. Zimbabwe's education was once the best in Africa, but because of their funding it has dramatically dropped. Recently, teachers have gone on strike because of low pay and poor conditions for working. The rate of students and teachers attending school went from 80% to 20%. The country is concentrated on building and upgrading health care centers. 11 years ago 85% of the people had access to safe water, and 68% sanitary.

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