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...proves the existence of a sophisticated urban culture centuries before British settlers arrived and proclaimed the country "Rhodesia" had previously been known as "the Zimbabwe Ruins." But two decades after independence, Mugabe stands widely accused of turning his country into a validation of the monument's former name. The Zimbabwean leader lashed out at the African nation's former ruler, Britain, on Monday during a Cairo summit between E.U. and African leaders, accusing London of continuing to treat his country as a colony after the British government expressed concern over rising violence and lawlessness in Zimbabwe...
...stung a fair amount but it didn't sting for long," says Paul Maasdorp '03 of the whipping he suffered at St. John's College in Harare, Zimbabwe, an all-male private school. The only "beating," Zimbabwean for disciplinary caning, that Maasdorp took in high school consisted of two strokes, administered after he was caught engaging in tomfoolery during a speech given by the St. John's headmaster. Egregious crimes warrant more strokes, with six as the maximum. Of Maasdorp's 90 graduating classmates, "70 to 80 percent would have been beaten during some stage of their high school career...
...They appeared in court on Oct. 4 as expected, but this was for further remand and review of their bail conditions," said Claudia A. McElroy, coordinator of the Africa program for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The committee, a 20-member humanitarian group, has been protesting the Zimbabwean government's treatment of the journalists for several months...
...other groups have initiated letter-writing campaigns in hopes of encouraging Zimbabwean officials to drop the charges...
Chavunduka and his colleague, Ray Choto, were illegally arrested by the members of the Zimbabwean military in January after Choto wrote an article for The Zimbabwe Standard about an attempted coup within the Zimbabwe National Army to overthrow the government. Chavunduka is the editor of the paper...