Under normal circumstances, opinion about Mr. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe ought not to be divided. His place in history ought to have been sealed long ago. International media, from Africa to America to Europe, have exhausted their list of derogatory adjectives in describing Mugabe.
Two weeks ago, two very strongly-worded articles appeared separately in two different newspapers. The first article, written by Muhammad Al-Ghazali and titled ‘Boulevard of Poverty’ appeared on the back page of the Daily Trust of Tuesday, July 1, 2008 under the paper’s Tuesday Column, which is usually written by its diligent columnist Al-Ghazali.