What's Going On in Zimbabwe?

Ever since Mugabe took over Zimbabwe and kicked out people who had successfully provided for its riches and the ability to export its products (and who just so happen to be descendants of colonists from Great Britain), the country has gone downhill. So far that inflation is at 100,000% and rising. Life expectancy has dropped to 37, malnutrition is widespread, and child mortality is rising. There was an election over the weekend.

From the deserted streets of Bulawayo to the fetid slums of Mbare, Zimbabwe was waiting on tenterhooks last night to discover the fate of President Mugabe as he appeared to be heading towards election defeat.

With official counts trickling out of Harare, the clamour grew for the authorities to tell the people what they already knew from their own polling stations: that for the old tyrant, the writing was on the wall.

[From Zimbabwe on a knife edge as fears deepen that result is being rigged - Times Online ]

From what I've read, unofficial results seem to have Mugabe losing very badly. But the longer we're having to wait for the results, the more likely it seems to me that they're trying to rig the elections in his favor. If that happens, look for things to get very ugly there.

While I'm at it, why aren't Obama, Sharpton, and Jackson speaking out about this? And why isn't the Congressional Black Caucus weighing in on this? And NAACP? Hello?