DICTATORS IN ZIMBABWE

Stephanie Getz & Jack Johnson

Early Zimbabwe

■ British Settlers 1890■ 'Southern Rhodesia'■ 1960's ZANU & ZAPU parties■ 1963 Rhodesia falls a part

Zimbabwe's Independence

■ 1980 independence■ Robert Mugabe-Prime Minister■ Caanan Banana-President■ British supervision

Robert Mugabe• Prime minister during Banana's

Presidency• Took over after Caanan Banana• "Democratic"• 1987 elected president• After his loss in 2000 started

using violence• 2002 re-elected

Struggles in Zimbabwe■ 1998 economic crisis■ 2001 land seizure program ■ state ordered disaster in 2002■ 2002 Mugabe took 2,900 white owned farms ■ 2003 protests began

Conditions of Zimbabwe

■ 2007 only 4 hours of electricity■ 2008 Cholera epidemic■ Ongoing protests■ Severe drought since 2007■ Struggle to feed country & lack of production

International Community in Zimbabwe■ The UN provided many entities for this country■ U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) helping with

HIV/AIDS, agriculture and investing in people ■ DFID helping with sanitation and food aid programs