OPINION

Coup against Mugabe is really nothing to celebrate

News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 17/11/2017

» As leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has survived longer than Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao in China. If it's coming to an end -- which seems likely given his apparent inability to emerge from house arrest after the military took charge -- it's worth reflecting on the mistakes he made to end such a remarkable run.