Zimbabwe's Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Mugabe is now the leader of independent Zimbabwe. But behind the façade of democracy, he is already governing through fear. Emboldened, he unleashes a campaign of genocide on his opponents. For now, for the most part, the international community turns a blind eye. But the arrival of a new prime minister - not in Zimbabwe but in faraway Britain - will herald Mugabe’s first great crisis…

A Noiser production, written by Duncan Barrett.

This is Part 2 of 4.

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