Zimbabwe Claims More Than One Asshole American Poached Lion

On Sunday, Zimbabwe ‘s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority announced that a Pennsylvania gynecological oncologist is also guilty of illegally poaching a lion in April, meaning that the turd dentist who killed Cecil will now have a pen pal in the prison of public ire.
Jericho the Lion Is Still Alive, Isn't Cecil's Brother
A lion named Jericho, who CNN had reported dead on Saturday, is not dead, but is—thank goodness—still alive.http://gawker.com/cnn-cecil-the-...
Circle of Life: Elephant Tramples Big Game Hunter to Death
Last week, a young bull elephant killed big game hunter Ian Gibson in northeast Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Hospital Charged Women $5 Per Scream During Childbirth
Zimbabwe's rampant corruption has penetrated virtually all levels of public services, and it's gotten so bad that delivering a baby has become unaffordable for most Zimbabwean women. One hospital has reportedly been charging $5 per scream during childbirth for "raising false alarm." False alarm for what? Birthing a…
Zimbawe Dictator Still Saying Shitty Things About Gays, Women, Basically Everyone
Whose great idea was it to invite Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's sexist, homophobic, and all-around crazy 88-year-old dictator to a conference today on HIV/Aids and gender rights? Unsurprisingly, Mugabe — who banned homosexuality from his country — made many lovely and thoughtful contributions, such as how the "gay world"…
Zimbabwe's 'Sperm Hunters' Are Coming for Your Semen
Gangs of women in Zimbabwe have been capturing male hitchhikers — sometimes by drugging them, other times by holding them up with guns, knives, or LIVE SNAKES — and raping them so they can harvest their sperm for good luck. No, you didn't read that wrong. From the Telegraph:
Turns Out Diamonds Aren't Really Your Best Friend After All
A global advocacy group called Global Witness has recused itself from a coalition that aims to eliminate the flow of blood diamonds into the global marketplace, saying the safeguards that have been put in place aren't preventing tainted conflict gems from being bought by consumers. I guess diamonds are maybe more like…
Zimbabwean Cabinet Ministers Asked To Get Circumcised For AIDS Prevention
Citing a South African study showing that male circumcision reduces HIV transmission, the deputy prime minister of Zimbabwe is trying to get all the male ministers to get circumcised themselves as a promotion. As it happens, said deputy prime minister is a woman, and some of her colleagues are reluctant. One very…
There's More To Music By Prudence Than Lady Kanye
If there's a silver lining to being interrupted during an Oscar acceptance speech, it's that people might actually remember your movie now. So what is documentary short Music By Prudence about, anyway?
Zimbabwean Women Receive Award For Human Rights Campaign
Tonight President Obama will present the co-founders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) with the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for their commitment to social justice.
Silver Linings: One Woman Takes On The 'Virgin Myth.' Many Others Perpetuate It.
"This so-called virgin myth, perpetuated by Zimbabwe's traditional healers, has led to the rape of hundreds of girls, according to UNICEF. Some of those victims are too young to walk, much less protect themselves." But there is hope.
Zimbabwe Recruiting Government Support By Raping Opposition
In a completely unsurprising and yet still intensely nauseating development in the ongoing civil strife in Zimbabwe, members of President Mugabe's ruling party's (ZANU-PF) youth militia are kidnapping and raping young women at torture camps near Mudzi, north of the capital, Harare. The camps have resulted in an…
Lessing Is More
Gloriously salty bitch and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing gave an interview to Time and she was hilariously cranky as usual. "As you get older, you don't get wiser," she says. "You get irritable." Click on Doris' mug to read more zingers.
22-Year-Old Arms Dealer: But They Passed That Arms Embargo Way Before I Was Even Born!
- OMG remember Efraim Diveroli, the 22-year-old Andy Samberg lookalike from Miami with the $300 million defense contract to sell ancient Chinese ammunition to the Afghan insurgency via Albania? Apparently the US Ambassador was involved in covering up the scam, probably because Efraim was also Albania's leading supply…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Just Made Some Pakistani Farmer's Life $25 Million Better. Here's Hoping He Invested In Big Corn!
Behold 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. And note the Ashlee Simpsonesque transformation of his nose. Maybe people with the initials KLS are just vainer than most. And while the Guantanamo diet was good for the love handles, waterboarding leaves you bloated with bags under the eyes? In any case, something, it's…
