Harare – Zimbabwe’s strong man ruler Robert Mugabe lashed out at Europe’s “homosexual nonsense” and condemned the refusal of its leaders to accept his grip on power in his latest marathon tirade on Friday.
“The Europe of yesterday is gone, we have a Europe of today which has no principles at all,” the 90-year-old told a crowd of thousands gathered in a Harare stadium to mark 34 years since the country’s independence from Britain.
Mugabe, who has been Zimbabwe’s ruler since independence, faces EU sanctions as a result of his authoritarian rule.
He refused to attend an EU-Africa summit earlier this month after his wife was denied a visa to enter Europe.
“The Europeans will never ever accept a Zanu-PF government in this country,” referring to the political party he dominates.
“What is natural is made unnatural. And what is unnatural they want to say it is natural,” he said in the speech, which lasted an hour and a half.
Mugabe repeated his claims that Europe is trying to force gay rights on Africa…
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