About Bloody Time!
Kofi Annan calls for Africa to take the lead in condemning Mugabe and dealing with the problem of Zimbabwe. He said:
The question which has been posed is: where are the Africans? Where are their leaders and the countries in the region, what are they doing?
It is a rather dangerous situation. It’s a serious crisis with impact beyond Zimbabwe.
You’ve just been through a crisis here [in Africa], and you’ve managed to solve it, and I must say the credit goes to the Kenyan people, to the African Union - it was an African solution to an African problem.
Yes. Zimbabwe is an international issue. But there is no way that the rest of the world - and especially Britain - can get involved beyond the occasional statement of regret at the current situation until Africa asks for help.
It is up to Africa to ask for help over Zimbabwe. It is up to Africa to make the first move against Mugabe’s dictatorship. Until the African leaders and people have the desire, the international community can do nothing - as otherwise they will face the inevitable accusation of a new colonialism. Zimbabwe may not be a problem that Africa alone can fix, but no-one else can do anything to help until Africa asks for it.
That Kofi Annan is saying things like this, and that the UN is to have talks with African leaders over dealing with Zimbabwe, is a very welcome development. Hopefully it will all result in an end to the Mugabe dictatorship over the people of Zimbabwe.
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It can’t be beyond the resources of some country to assassinate the sod … OK it’ll set an unfortunate precedent but something drastic has to be done.