Mugabe's honorary degree 'may be revoked'

The University of Massachusetts may revoke a honorary degree awarded to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

Mugabe's honorary degree 'may be revoked'

The University of Massachusetts may revoke a honorary degree awarded to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

When Mugabe received an honorary doctorate of law from the campus in 1986, he was hailed as a humane revolutionary who ended an oppressive white rule to establish an independent Zimbabwe in 1979 (he was elected to office in 1980).

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