HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, displaying his boundless energy and penchant for the world stage, left the controls of his economically-ravaged nation last week for a two-day dash to participate in the G77 plus China summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.
The globe-trotting appears to be doing little good to Mugabe’s low popularity rating at home, raising the risk that whatever credit he gets internationally does nothing for Zimbabwe’s ailing economy.
Despite the deepening economic problems back home, Mugabe has instead turned his attention to global economic woes, choosing to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the G77 a grouping under the United Nations (UN), with members from 133 developing nations which also includes China, now considered one of the super powers of the world.
The G77 is meeting to draft a global anti-poverty agenda at a summit that also showcases Latin America’s burgeoning relationship with the Asian giants.
Mugabe’s trip risks leaving problems untended on the home-front, where hard-pressed citizens are criticising his government for unfulfilled election promises, coupled with a spiralling unemployment rate and deflation.
This comes also at a time when serious cracks have resurfaced in his ruling Zanu PF party…
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