Why?
Just kidding. After reading some more about Mugabe (
Robert Mugabe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) it is clear.
Here is another (sadly) interesting factoid:
Life Expectancy Male: 37 yrs; Female: 34 yrs.
Source: WHO, 2006 (
http://www.afro.who.int/home/countri...s/zimbabwe.pdf)
Slightly tangential question: Lots of foreign aid was pumped into this country, would the country have been better off without any of it, and facing its inevitable fate earlier?