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[24 Aug 2013 | Comments Off on Comment: Mugabe’s victory is Zimbabwe’s defeat | ]

After winning another disputed Zimbabwean election, 89-year-old Robert Mugabe was sworn in Thursday to serve his seventh consecutive term as president. Though many had hoped the tyrant’s 33-year reign would end, some still see promise in the man.
Earlier this month, The Guardian ran an article titled “Why a Robert Mugabe victory would be good for Zimbabwe” by British filmmaker Roy Agyemang. Agyemang, who spent three years in the country filming his documentary Mugabe: Villain or Hero? can barely contain his admiration for the president whom he calls a “dying breed” …