Lavish bash marks Mugabe's 85th birthday

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is celebrating his 85th birthday with a lavish bash while the new unity government tries to raise funds to rescue the country’s collapsed economy.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2009 - 10:56

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is celebrating his 85th birthday with a lavish bash while the new unity government tries to raise funds to rescue the country’s collapsed economy.

But Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has decided not to attend the celebrations in Chinhoyi, 60 miles (100 kilometres) north-west of Harare today.

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