Zimbabwe to build $1Billion University dedicated to President Robert Mugabe


Southern African country, Zimbabwe, is to build a $1bn (£770m) university dedicated to President Robert Mugabe, a man who has been in power since the country's independence and subsequent slide to economic decline.

This was made know by Jonathan Moyo, minister of tertiary education, who told reporters it was a fitting tribute to the 93-year-old president's "commitment to education and his exemplary leadership".

It is unclear where the money will come from in a country where unemployment and poverty is endemic. Economic output has halved since 2000. Last year, more than four million Zimbabweans were in need of food aid due to drought. The country was once known as the breadbasket of southern Africa.

Despite this, the cabinet has agreed to spend $800m building the new university in Mazowe, 35km (20 miles) outside the capital Harare.



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