The United States has accused the Zimbabwean government of President Robert Mugabe of using food as a weapon ahead of a run-off presidential election.
The US ambassador in Harare said if potential voters wanted food aid, they had to surrender voting cards which revealed which party they supported. Millions of Zimbabweans rely on food aid, due to huge rates of inflation and a collapse in domestic food production. Meanwhile the United Nations and European Union have called on Mugabe's government US blasts attack on convoy in Zimbabwe ...
Mugabe arrives in Rome for UN food summit ...
Mugabe in Rome for UN food summit ...
Mugabe trying to 'steal election' ... to rescind its order for all non-governmental organisations to suspend their work ahead of the June 27 election. The UN estimates that at least 2 million people face a greater risk of starvation, due to the NGO ban. Zimbabwe's government has accused NGOs of interfering in the country's politics.
(Deutsche Welle)
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