The unhappiest country in the world?Posted by Shashank

The unhappiest country in the world?

Posted by Shashank

I'm just back from Zimbabwe, where the events of the past couple of weeks are familiar to pretty much everyone. Robert Mugabe remains in power, the opposition has been butchered and outmaneuvered, the world can't agree on what action to take, and the suffering of ordinary Zimbabweans continues.

In the days before Friday's vote, with Mugabe running uncontested, the most common sound in Harare was a sigh. Anyone I asked about the election -- in hushed, clandestine conversations that usually took place inside a trusted taxi -- just seemed to shrug their shoulders. What's left to say?On the surface things in Harare looked the same as ever. The airport is still clean but depressing, with the immaculate, skylit reception area darkened by the rows of shuttered kiosks and the inevitably long line of Zimbabweans at the ATMs, waiting to pull out worthless money. Cars still ply the roads and pedestrians are still everywhere, because even with fuel shortages and 80 or 90 percent unemployment, people still have places to go, and every able-bodied man, woman and child is hustling to survive. For more details click here