What has the AU done about mugabe?
EDITOR—Allow me to comment on the recent suspension of Guinea from the African Union (AU). The AU is insisting that Guinea will only be allowed back to the organisation if the coup plotters accept to take the country back to democratic rule. I would applaud the AU’s move if it had been able to d
EDITOR—Allow me to comment on the recent suspension of Guinea from the African Union (AU). The AU is insisting that Guinea will only be allowed back to the organisation if the coup plotters accept to take the country back to democratic rule. I would applaud the AU’s move if it had been able to deal with other Africa’s despots.
What has the AU, for instance, done about the suffering people of Zimbabwe under the despot Robert Mugabe who seems to have even lost touch with reality?
And what did they do about the sham elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe? Why has it not suspended Kenya and Zimbabwe from its membership?
Just like the old OAU was, I believe the AU is just a ‘robbers association’ where African despots regularly meet to discuss how much wealth they have squandered from the coffers of their suffering peoples. I believe Captain Moussa Dadis Camara should be given the time he has promised to take back the country to civilian rule and if he fails then action can be taken.
I would also ask him to take to task the family, ministers and other henchmen of the late president Lassana Conte who robbed the country’s wealth and let them be tried and return what they stole. This will be a warning to other corrupt leaders and their henchmen in Africa.
The military in other African countries should also take over governments which fail to live up to the people’s aspirations. Africans have suffered enough under despots.
Tema Kafeero
Wakiso
EDITOR—The coup in Guinea has alarmed members of the African Union as many of them were subjected to the curse of military rule in the 1970s and ‘80s. Countries like like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in West Africa have been chronically unstable.
Although the late Lansana Conte’s government was full of corruption, his neighbours credited him with maintaining stability. The young junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara sounds as if he will take the line of Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings to rid his country of corruption.
The AU might step down its pressure if Capt Camara fulfils his promise to organise elections as soon as possible. But it still remains to be seen.
Jubilee Amooti
Jubilee_erisania@yahoo.com
What has the AU, for instance, done about the suffering people of Zimbabwe under the despot Robert Mugabe who seems to have even lost touch with reality?
And what did they do about the sham elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe? Why has it not suspended Kenya and Zimbabwe from its membership?
Just like the old OAU was, I believe the AU is just a ‘robbers association’ where African despots regularly meet to discuss how much wealth they have squandered from the coffers of their suffering peoples. I believe Captain Moussa Dadis Camara should be given the time he has promised to take back the country to civilian rule and if he fails then action can be taken.
I would also ask him to take to task the family, ministers and other henchmen of the late president Lassana Conte who robbed the country’s wealth and let them be tried and return what they stole. This will be a warning to other corrupt leaders and their henchmen in Africa.
The military in other African countries should also take over governments which fail to live up to the people’s aspirations. Africans have suffered enough under despots.
Tema Kafeero
Wakiso
EDITOR—The coup in Guinea has alarmed members of the African Union as many of them were subjected to the curse of military rule in the 1970s and ‘80s. Countries like like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in West Africa have been chronically unstable.
Although the late Lansana Conte’s government was full of corruption, his neighbours credited him with maintaining stability. The young junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara sounds as if he will take the line of Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings to rid his country of corruption.
The AU might step down its pressure if Capt Camara fulfils his promise to organise elections as soon as possible. But it still remains to be seen.
Jubilee Amooti
Jubilee_erisania@yahoo.com