ZIMBABWE: Elias Mugari, "Obama has had a profound effect on many Zimbabweans"

HARARE Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Businessman Elias Mugari squeezed into a crowded hotel lobby in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 5 November to watch a TV tuned to a satellite broadcast of the victory speech of US President-elect Barack Obama. With tears in his eyes, he told IRIN what he hoped an Obama presidency would mean for his crisis-ridden country. "We held our elections in March, and this is November and they have not been finalised. On television we watched Obama win an election which...