Mugabe comes out firing on west at food crisis summit

ZIMBABWE’S president Robert Mugabe accused the west yesterday of seeking to provoke “illegal regime change” by crippling his country economically.

Speaking at a summit on the global food crisis, the veteran leader accused the West of using non-governmental bodies and opposition political parties to try and bring him down.

A British minister described Mugabe’s participation at the Rome summit as “obscene” given the economic collapse of Zimbabwe, once known as Africa’s breadbasket.