The Reign of Robert Mugabe

Under the terms of a new constitution written in 2000, Mugabe's government gave itself the right to confiscate white-owned land for redistribution to black farmers without compensation.
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Land Seizures
Under growing political pressure as a result of economic failures, Mugabe sought to shore up his support by rewriting the constitution to allow his government to confiscate white-owned land for redistribution to black farmers without compensation. In this photo, pro-Mugabe militants sing revolutionary songs outside the electric fence of a white farmer's homestead.

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