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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Zim-Bob-We Denies Reports of Food Shortage |
| 2004-09-22 |
| Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday dismissed reports of dozens of deaths linked to malnutrition as lies peddled by detractors and insisted the nation has more food than it needs. Health officials in Bulawayo, the nation's second largest city, have reported at least 162 deaths related to malnutrition this year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 In other news, President Mugabe reports that The New Atkins Diet is just flying off the shelves in local bookstores. Says Mugabe: We're a bunch of fat asses. Time to cut the carbs. And nothing cuts carbs like confiscating farmland. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-09-22 1:49:01 PM |
| #3 More food that it needs...to feed the President Mughabi and his henchmen. Everyone else doesn't count! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6596 2004-09-22 12:40:28 PM |
| #2 If Zimbabwe a surplus, why aren't they selling for export, like they used to do when we called the country Rhodesia? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-22 12:35:09 PM |
| #1 As was said by Bejing radio, after Tienanmin, when the true announcer was carted off to an unknown fate.... "NOBODY DIE! EVERYBODY HAPPY" |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-22 11:45:56 AM |