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| Africa Subsaharan |
| African Union says never again to coups |
| 2010-02-04 |
| Nope. Never again... [Al Arabiya Latest] African leaders wrapped up a three-day summit here Tuesday, calling for action on coups and increasing pressure on Madagascar's political foes to honor deals meant to end a prolonged crisis. The newly elected chairman of the 53-member African Union, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, called on his peers to stand against conflicts and toppling of governments. BINGU!!! "We must say 'never again' to conflict and war in Africa," said Mutharika, who took the bloc's leadership from Libyan Muammar Gaddafi, whose controversial stance on the continent's issues was often at odds with pan-African body. Aww, admit it. It was "Sprockets and Sashes Envy"... "We must declare war on unconstitutional changes of government on African soil and resolve to take strong and necessary measures against all offenders of coups and those that provide them the means to succeed elected governments," Mutharika said. But now...dinner! The AU in 2002 replaced the Organization for African Unity (OAU) in 2002, which had been criticized for welcoming dictators and coup leaders into its ranks. The AU tried to distance itself from its predecessor by introducing sanctions against despots. Timing is everything. And you already got yours, right, boys... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 "African Union says never again to coups" Until the next one.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-04 22:39 |
| #6 Since a coup is generally the only way to remove a dictator from power and half of the nations are run by dictators anyway what are they really saying except that the union supports known dictatorships no matter how bad over unknown governments of the future. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-02-04 21:32 |
| #5 What's the over/under? My money is on 6 months. I'll give you ten it's under. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-02-04 14:41 |
| #4 The AU is learning the art of meaningless declarations from the past-masters- the UN. "We must declare war on unconstitutional changes of government on African soil..." You and whose army? |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-02-04 09:06 |
| #3 What's the over/under? My money is on 6 months. |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-02-04 08:14 |
| #2 That reminds me of a story about a frog and a scorpion . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-02-04 02:56 |
| #1 "We must say 'never again' to conflict and war in Africa," said Mutharika Without conflict and war, pretty much all you have left is Lesotho. "We must declare war on unconstitutional changes of government" Back to war already? That didn't take long. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-02-04 01:43 |