Tuesday, February 25, 2014

dictator Mugabe spends $1 million on his 90th birthday bash

The Zimbabwe economy is said to now be in far worse shape than it was even during the hyperinflation of 2008 and the United Nations says at least 2 million Zimbabweans are estimated to be food insecure. Nominal GDP per capita in the country is about $US 2 a day. But the President of Zimbabwe has no qualms about spending $US 1 million each year on his birthday party; last year he was presented with a cake said to have weighed 89 kg.   The party for his 90th birthday was held on the weekend.

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