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200355 minPG-13documentary

5.0/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Zimbabwe Countdown

200355 minPG-13documentary

5.0/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Robert Mugabe, once seen as Zimbabwe's saviour, is now associated with misrule and government failure, raising questions about the nation's decline.

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Michael Raeburn

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Robert Mugabe, once seen as Zimbabwe's saviour, is now associated with misrule and government failure, raising questions about the nation's decline.

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Michael Raeburndirector

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Once touted as Zimbabwe's saviour, Robert Mugabe has become synonymous with bad government and misrule. But where did it all go wrong?

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