Mugabe lashes 'foreign interference'

A defiant Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has blamed rich countries for the poverty and despair in his country and the rest of Africa.

Mr Mugabe, speaking at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, yesterday also defended his seizure of white farms, saying the programme pitted the majority against an “obdurate” racial minority “supported and manipulated” by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.