Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and behind him, his wife Grace, at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization food security summit in Rome, Nov. 17, 2009. (Alessandra Tarantino/Reuters)

Mugabe at UN food summit, as Zimbabwe goes hungry

Zimbabwe agriculture continues to suffer as Mugabe seizes farms of white and black alike.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — There were wry smiles at many Zimbabwean breakfast tables this week when it was announced in the government press that President Robert Mugabe is attending the Rome summit of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Zimbabweans — black and white alike — see the irony of Mugabe grasping at the chance to attend an international...

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