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February 21, 2012

Why Is Britain Funding Mugabe's Excesses?

David Blair, Daily Telegraph

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The Mugabe-Tsvangirai government evidently believes that kitting out secondary schools is not worth a penny of Zimbabwean citizens' money, but our Department for International Development (DFID) thinks that British taxpayers should write the cheques.

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TAGGED: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Africa, UK

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