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Even evil dictators like to get funky sometimes. Believe it or not, Osama bin Laden likes the B-52s and Whitney Houston, Kim Jong-il rocks out to Eric Clapton and Muammar Gaddafi prefers the smooth crooning of Lionel Ritchie.

What do the world’s most evil men listen to on their iPods?

Jan 18, 2010

Robert Mugabe has built a secret farming empire with land <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574383044272611748.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">seized</a> from white farmers. Their biggest customer? Swiss food giant Nestlé, which has been lapping up 1 million litres of Mugabe's milk a year.

Nestlé suckles from the teat of Mugabe’s dirty dairy

Sep 30, 2009

Forgiveness of a dictator and ensuring an end to their actions is more crucial than prosecuting them for war crimes, writes <b>Sholto Byrnes</b>. Refusing to seek vengeance shows victims "to be better than their oppressors".

Power to the people: forgive the tyrants

Sep 14, 2009

How is Zimbabwe's marriage of convenience between Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe going? "We agree to differ" admits Tsvangirai, who says Mugabe will not change and laughs off critics who call him a tyrant.

Uneasy truce in Zimbabwe continues

Aug 19, 2009

Six months since Zimbabwe's power sharing deal, times are still shaky in Harare. "The hope that...[Robert Mugabe] will go quietly appears wishful thinking", writes <b>David Smith</b>.

Zimbabwe: two steps forward, one step back

Aug 10, 2009

The daughter of Robert Mugabe, Bona Mugabe, has found herself in the middle of a row over press freedom after her bodyguards were spared prosecution for assaulting two news photographers outside her home in Hong Kong.

Mugabe’s daughter in Hong Kong press freedom row

Jun 12, 2009

They just don't make kleptocrats the way they used to, laments <b>Kelly McParland</b>.

The sad state of African despotry

Jun 12, 2009

Zimbabwe's prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe's jails, writes the <b>Sokwanele newletter</b> from Harare.

Essay: Zimbabwe’s prisons are death traps

Mar 31, 2009

As President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe continues to collapse, we take a look at what the world is saying inside and outside of Africa.

Crisis in Zimbabwe: a Crikey wrap

Dec 08, 2008

What exactly is going on in the Congo? <b>Dr David Dorward</b> explains in the first installment of an exciting new Crikey series.

Politics in the Congo

Dec 02, 2008

We're not sure what a Chaud-froid is, but we do know that the G8 climate change agreement has been met with pretty underwhelmed sighs, writes <b>Sophie Black and Jane Nethercote</b>.

Doing the G8 wrap

Jul 09, 2008

What can Crikey readers do to help Zimbabwe?

Crikey Says

Jul 03, 2008

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