No, but that is because there weren't very many elections to care about
No, but seriously, the reason that the world and its media focused so much on Zimbabwe was because of Zimbabwe's unique situation. Most other countries are basket-cases anyway, so it really doesn't matter if they do or don't have elections, or who eventually wins if they decide to have one.
Zimbabwe, on the other hand, was one of the few functioning economies of Africa, a country that could actually support itself. So the destruction of Zimbabwe would be news. The elections, both in 2000 and last month, were very much part and parcel of the destruction of Zimbabwe, so that made them news as well. Also, the open intimidation, lawlessness, and rigging of the election was unique, so that made news as well.
People have asked why the media paid so little attention to the Zambian election, which is also alleged to have been rigged. However, the Zambian election was not nearly as important, because Zambia became an insignificant pauper years ago, and it really doesn't matter what happens there. Also, although people say that the elections were rigged, there is no particular proof of that. The Zambian election probably had many irregularities, but it did not feature wholesale lawlessness and violence instigated by the president himself. The former president was not even standing for re-election.
Media coverage of elections is no different to media coverage of football matches. A match will get greater coverage if (a) the participants are important, and (b) if the match features a lot of incidents. So other elections in Africa are a bit like boring matches between third league teams, while the Zimbabwean election featured a high profile team - Mugabe and Co - and was packed full of incidents. Not surprising it made headlines.
In case you hadn't noticed, this has been talked about ad infinitum. However, the fact that you seem to consider it important indicates that you yourself do not understand the complexity of the problem
I notice that you do not query how the senior people in ZANU-PF came to be in possession of their farms. Why do you not query this? It would appear that you have a racial agenda, which is blinding you to the fact that land ownership is NOT the problem in Zimbabwe. Land ownership is a political issue, which Mugabe has used in much the same way that Hitler singled out the Jews of Germany because they were successful.
The end result, for Germany, was that the country was destroyed, and not until Hitler died was peace restored and the country rebuilt. So Zimbabwe is being destroyed, and will not be rebuilt until Mugabe has gone.
