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| ANC: Support for Mugabe's Party Will Lead to Progress |
| 2013-06-03 |
| [VOA News] South Africa's ruling party says it is taking an active role on the continent, a pronouncement that comes amid conflicts in Mali, Nigeria, Congo, Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Conflict could come much closer to home later this year with what is likely to be a contentious election in Zim-bob-we. For decades, South Africa's apartheid system kept the nation on the sidelines of continental politics. The African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... was on the side of the then-banned African National Congress, which fought racist white rule. Today, the ANC is South Africa's ruling party, and has a streak of dominating national elections since the nation's first democratic vote in 1994. The party is also behind the push for South Africa to take a more active role as the continent's economic powerhouse and its most stable democracy. But the nation's most pressing international issue is the one closest to home: its northern neighbor, Zim-bob-we. Critics say the two countries relationship could cause problems for South Africa's dealings with the rest of the continent and its many entrenched leaders. Zim-bob-we has been ruled since its 1980 independence by President Bob MuggsyMugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... . In recent years, Mugabe has been slapped with international sanctions for using political violence against those who oppose his ZANU-PF party. He also been accused of driving the economy of his once-prosperous nation into the ground. |
| Posted by:Fred |