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Belligerence and Bitterness: The Robert Mugabe, Silvio Berlusconi connection

It’s still early days, but it appears former President Robert Mugabe has not readily accepted the reality of his departure from the presidency. After all, the man ruled Zimbabwe from 1980, and had become accustomed to all the trappings such a high profile brought. Never mind that the country was in morbid decline for the better part of his reign. It is manifestly clear that Robert Mugabe feels cheated and robbed, through his forced departure on November 21 2017. “There is no more democracy anymore in Zimbabwe…I`m saying this as Robert Mugabe and, of course, I am not afraid of anyone,” Robert Mugabe is reported to have said in February, while meeting Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission`s chair.  Clearly, this is a man who feels hard done and who by the looks of it would give almost anything to get back in power. In fact, in the heat of the November “military assisted transition”, Robert Mugabe is reported to have offered to send his wife Grace Mugabe into for