Trump emboldens those who are hostile to an open society
24 November 2019 - 00:00
It was Robert Mugabe who, during the much-derided Florida election debacle in the US in 2000, suggested - with his tongue no doubt planted firmly in his cheek - that perhaps Africa should in future send election monitors to observe US elections...
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