Lim, I do face reality - every day, when I see Zimbabweans begging on our streets. The reality is, many of the farms Mugabe stole had been bought from HIS government by the farmers. Driving them off is theft, pure and simple. THAT is reality.

Rod Baker, Cape Town, South Africa

Lloyd -London-It is a fact that the opposition derives its support from the urban areas. The rural population faced the brunt of the liberation war and they understand the fight was for their land. Most reports you read are from Harare or Bulawayo. I suggest you visit a rural area.

Davis, Manchester,

Rod Baker, Cape Town, South Africa

I do sympathise with white farmers who were forced out from Zim. But you need to face reality. Whites colonized Zim and forcibly occupied their land. So what if you had farmed, built factories and developed the place, they want back their land.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Davis, Manchester, Mugabe started the land grab when his started loosing power. No one knows how much support the MDC has because Zims are not allowed to say so freely or vote freely and the methods used to silence critics, maybe you did not realise it but that is what the fuss is about.

Lloyd, London,

Davis, Manchester, Mugabe started the land grab when his started loosing power. No one knows how much support the MDC has because Zims are not allowed to say so freely or vote freely and the methods used to silence critics, maybe you did not realise it but that is what the fuss is about.

Lloyd, London,

And in 1991/1992, White farmers were still on the land, using the expertise they had acquired over decades of farming, to produce food to feed Zimbabwe - and still export food. The place fell apart after Mugabe stole the land and gave many of the farms to his cronies - who know nothing of farming.

Rod Baker, Cape Town, South Africa

1991/1992 Zim experienced the worst draught in living memory and not one person died of starvation. The same govt was in power. It is also false that the majority of Zimbabweans support the opposition party. MDC derives its support from urban areas. The majority of Zims live in rural areas.

Davis, Manchester,

This is Pol Pot Cambodia all over again. Zimbabwe has now reached the starvation stage. Marxism/Maoism at it's political best.

Colin , Carmarthen, UK

Truly tragic for the population of this once-lovely country, which boasted four grades of excellent beef, three of butter, delicious yoghurt, premium picnic pork pies, nourishing Pro Nutro breakfast cereal and all kinds of other delights. Bobby Mugabe and his chums have blown it, really big time.

peter koeb, aljezur, portugal

To expect Organisation of African Unity or United Nations to say or do anything is totally unrealistic.

Breadbasket to famine in just a few years and all due to one man's madness. So very sad for the good people of Zimbawe

Nona, New York City, USA

In all seriousness, this country used to feed itself. It has now become a beggar/basket case. It seems to me most of Africa's problem are of their own making. Zimbabwe used to have enough food to export. Why do the rest of the world now have to fix the mess? I am getting donor weariness.

GK, Calgary, Canada

This is a problem in Africa, and a problem for Africa to address - much of it of African making I may add. There is a growing amount of Africa fatigue now, hardly surprisingly, and I think it best we leave them to their own devices. Maybe China has got it right after all?

Tony, Holland Village,

Maybe it would be ideal if Mr Mugabe would take Zimbawe into OPEC and the UK and USA could invade on the basis of a weapon of mass cost !

Dave Wilkinson, Morpeth, U.K.

It's devastating to read about people deprived of food and driven to starvation because of their poltical beliefs.
This evil despot must be taken out.He berates the West blames then for all the evil that he perpetrates and brutalises his people. It's now or never or virtual genocide on order soon.

Neville, Auckland , New Zealand

oh yes lets impose our own views on africa becasue we dont think they can cope themsleves, lets do an iraq on them or an afghanistan, that will do the trick. Let African people deal with african problems and let us deal with our own problems and stop telling the world how to live their lives.

dan barler, UK, UK

I have to ask what is the African Union doing? What is South Africa doing? You can make your silly arguments all you want about oil. But please tell me first what are the other countries in Africa doing about Africa. The leadership is certainly not condemning Mugabe.

Chuck, Gahanna, Ohio, USA

why is the world prepared to watch such an awful combination of neptoism, genocide and starvation? It is truly shocking. Africa Union should be disbanded and it's leaders imprisoned in an international prison for spinelessness.

matt, berlin, germany

Mugabe should be taken out in a military strike and whoever takes over warned of the same fate unless they abandon repression and abuse of human rights.

Alan Wilkinson, Russell, New Zealand

The only difference between Zimbabwe and Iraq is that one of the countries doesn't have oil. If they did, you can bet the falling stars of the USA would be in there setting up camp with military and oil rigs in the hopes of finding 'weapons of mass destruction.'

Call it as you see it - call it loud

Mike from Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada

Now we know that the UN is not prepared to step in to save millions of people in Zimbabwe it becomes the responsibility of those countries who support human rights to take immediate action or live with the consequences on your consciences forever.

Simon Moyo, Melbourne,

No ! who'd believe that one ? he's only been doing it for the past 8 years.

Ed Allen, Whitby, Canada