ROBERT MUGABE, MIRACLE WORKER

In less than 30 years Mugabe has turned southern Africa's breadbasket into a basket case:

Life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with neither men nor women expected to live until 40, a new UN report says.

Zimbabwe's women have an average life expectancy of 34 years and men on average do not live past 37, it said.

Correspondents say poverty because of the crumbling economy and deaths from Aids are responsible for the decline.

Sadly, things are only going to get worse.