Why Zimbabwe's next dictator will be even worse than Mugabe

Zimbabwe is going to get much, much worse

Emmerson Mnangagwa (left) Vice President of Zimbabwe stands behind Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Dec. 2014.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Chaos reigns in Zimbabwe.

Last week, the military announced that it was taking over the country, and that it would seek to oust Robert Mugabe, the aging strongman who has wrecked one of Africa's most beautiful countries through tyranny and insane economic mismanagement, and return it to constitutional government.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.