As Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe prepares for an “obscene” $1m birthday party, the European Union made it clear they would not be bringing any gifts to his table.

Britain will join a global summit on soaring world food prices today amid condemnation of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s presence at the crisis summit in Rome.

Western leaders have attacked Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s presence at a UN summit on hunger given his role in leading his own country toward starvation.

UK prime minister Gordon Brown today looked set to carry out his threatened boycott of a crucial EU-Africa summit after Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe confirmed he would be attending.