Monday, July 14, 2008

Zimbabwe -- The Tragedy Continues

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends his inauguration at
State House in Harare, in this file photo from June 29, 2008.

From Yahoo News:

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki and the African Union's top diplomat will meet on Friday to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe, an Mbeki spokesman said on Monday.

Officials from Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change met last week for the first time since President Robert Mugabe's June 27 re-election, which was boycotted by the opposition and condemned by Western nations.

South Africa's government is mediating the talks in Pretoria.

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More News On Zimbabwe

No painkillers, no visitors and no way out: Mugabe's hospital ward for MDC activists -- The Guardian
Govt to seek tougher EU sanctions on Zimbabwe -- AFP
Gordon Brown turns to EU after failed Zimbabwe vote -- Times Online
Zimbabwe veto hard to justify, says Gordon Brown -- The Telegraph
Zimbabwe: Sanctions failure a win over racism -- MSNBC
Liberia's President Joins African Voices in Dissent Over Zimbabwe -- Voice Of America
Mbeki to discuss Zimbabwe crisis with AU chairman -- Reuters
Companies face a quandary over exiting from Zimbabwe -- Business Weekly
Pressure mounts as Zimbabwe runs out of paper for bank notes -- USA Today

My Comment: The international community is fiddling like Nero did when Rome burned. Worse .... instead of South Africa acting as a leader in this crisis, they are the facilitator for Mugabe to continue his reign of terror.

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