Mugabe claims Zimbabwe ranks higher in development than Nigeria

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Mugabe claims Zimbabwe ranks higher in development than Nigeria

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Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has said that his country happens to be the most highly developed country in Africa, after South Africa, even ahead of Nigeria and Egypt.Mugabe made this statement at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, South Africa.“After South Africa, I want to see what country has the level of development that you see in Zimbabwe.”“We have over 14 universities and our literacy rate is over 90 [%] ”“ the highest in Africa.“Yes, we have our problems”¦ but we have resources, perhaps more than the average country in the world, is it gold, diamond, coal”¦ and our agriculture is very viable and this year we will have a bumper harvest,” Mugabe said.According to the UNDP’s Human Development Index for Africa, Zimbabwe ranks 24th and 154th in the world while Nigeria is in 152nd place.

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