Zimbabwe’s Mugabe tells West “go hang”
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday told Western countries to “go hang” after a barrage of international criticism over charges his government assaulted Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader while in police detention.
Opposition officials say police tortured Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and several other opposition and civic group leaders on Sunday when they tried to attend a prayer vigil in a Harare township.