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Article: Zimbabwe: Africa's shame.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2008
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A Munich moment for the continent's leaders as President Robert Mugabe is let off the hook, again
GATHERING in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on July 2nd, the leaders of the African Union (AU) had an unprecedented opportunity finally to pull the plug on the disastrous regime of Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe--or at least cast him into political outer darkness. To fortify themselves they had the world's condemnation of his farcical re-election on June 27th, which the opposition had to withdraw from due to violence and intimidation, ringing very loudly in their ears. They had the UN Security Council saying ahead of the poll that it could not be free or ...