The Reign of Robert Mugabe

Forced Relocation
In 2005, Mugabe's government launched a campaign to systematically destroy shanty towns that had grown up around major cities. Because the urban poor who inhabited these settlements were overwhelmingly pro-opposition, Mugabe's campaign of forced removals, that displaced more than 2 million people, was widely viewed as politically motivated.

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