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Africa Subsaharan
Neighbours laud Mugabe at summit of African leaders
2007-08-17
Southern Africa's political leaders rallied round Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, and publicly lauded as a hero the man who has brought his country to the brink of total collapse.
Barf.
Mr Mugabe was greeted with cheers, applause, dancing and laughter from fellow dignitaries when he arrived in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, for the two-day summit of leaders of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC). Mr Mugabe, 83, smiled broadly as he acknowledged the rapturous welcome.

Zimbabwe's combative justice minister, Patrick Chinamasa, accompanying Mr Mugabe, said: "There are no political reforms necessary in my country. We are a democracy like any other democracy in the world." Human rights organisations say all Zimbabwean parliamentary and presidential elections since 200 have been heavily rigged, but the justice minister said: "We have a most efficient electoral system. I can't see how a system can be more transparent or any fairer."

As Mr Chinamasa spoke, reports surfaced that a 15-year-old boy and a security guard were crushed to death as hordes of shoppers had tried to buy scarce sugar in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo.
Posted by:Seafarious

#8  "British military commanders are reviewing contingency plans for the evacuation of up to 22,000 Britons from Zimbabwe,.....which included seeking help from neighbouring countries". (From the article above).

Well, I have no faith in the British plan, if that is what they call a plan. Most Zimbabwean British Passport holders will have taken the gap by the end of the year, from what I can gather. The ones that stay will be old Rhodesians who have decided to die there.

(Sorry, both articles go together, only one comment).

Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-08-17 13:12  

#7  "British military commanders are reviewing contingency plans for the evacuation of up to 22,000 Britons from Zimbabwe,.....which included seeking help from neighbouring countries". (From the article above).

Well, I have no faith in the British plan, if that is what they call a plan. Most Zimbabwean British Passport holders will have taken the gap by the end of the year, from what I can gather. The ones that stay will be old Rhodesians who have decided to die there.

(Sorry, both articles go together, only one comment).

Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-08-17 13:11  

#6  Just when you think Arab tribalism is this world's scourge, African leaders meet the challenge and prove just who invented the original concept. Each and every one of Mugabe's fan club should be garrotted slowly and then left on a street corner for the dogs to eat.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-17 12:58  

#5  I just rolled in from Zibabwe...and are my balls tired...HIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted by: Bob   2007-08-17 10:54  

#4  One condition of any aid to any African country should be withdrawal of support(material, "moral" or otherwise) from the Mugabe regime.

Perhaps it wouldn't make a substantial difference, but it's the principle of the thing.
Posted by: charger   2007-08-17 10:41  

#3  From the neighborhood point of view the brink is always preferable to total collapse. Unsustainable, immoral, but preferable.
Posted by: Skunky Glins5285   2007-08-17 10:31  

#2  Aparently thuggery is the accepted norm, they're applauding proves it.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-08-17 06:09  

#1  One might think the state of things in Zimbabwe would speak for itself. I guess I miss the obvious stuff.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-08-17 02:51  

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