 An envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday to investigate a government-sponsored campaign that has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans.
| Boy, they're in large trouble now... |
Hours before the arrival of Anna Tibaijuka, head of the seven-member delegation, a state-run newspaper reported that the government was finishing the campaign dubbed Operation Murambatsvina, or Drive Out Trash. The Sunday Mail report was dismissed by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Party spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi said the destruction of shanty towns continued unabated over the weekend in the southern border town of Beitbridge. Tibaijuka was expected to meet with Mugabe early in the week, U.N. spokeswoman Katherine Anderson said.
| She'll no doubt read him the riot act and he'll back down and... then... ummm... No. That's not gonna happen. |
She will also tour towns and cities where the operation is taking place. Her visit is expected to last several days, Anderson said. Also on the agenda are meetings with legislators, including the opposition, church leaders and others who have been helping those affected. Mugabe's government has sought to curb the independent media, and only state accredited journalists were allowed to meet with Tibaijuka upon her arrival Sunday afternoon. |