Robert Mugabe

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A South African court orders Bellarmine Mugabe, son of late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, to be deported and pay a $36,000 fine.

Zimbabwe's currency crisis has persisted for decades, causing hyperinflation and devaluation.

Two years ago, the U.S. government lifted long-standing sanctions on Zimbabwe imposed since 2003, recognizing the program had become strategically counterproductive despite ongoing human rights concerns, marking an unprecedented policy reassessment.

Robert Mugabe's son pleads guilty to firearm charges and illegal entry in South Africa.

Foreign investors are fueling a significant boom in African stock markets, with some exchanges seeing over 100 percent returns in 2007.

Australian voters support a gas export tax despite PM opposition, methamphetamine use nearly doubled over a decade, and US Defense Secretary Hegseth denied Iran operations constitute a quagmire as costs reached twenty-five billion dollars.

Keynesian monetary policy creates inflation that redistributes wealth from ordinary citizens to politically connected elites through government contractors and early money recipients, demonstrating systemic wealth confiscation disguised as economic management.