Zimbabwe has made Africa a laughing stock

Jun 09, 2008

EDITOR—President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has suspended relief aid to his country ahead of a re-run on June 27. This is not to mention the fact that last week he detained foreign diplomats as they were investigating human rights abuses the ruling MDF is unleashing on members of the opposition. Zi

EDITOR—President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has suspended relief aid to his country ahead of a re-run on June 27. This is not to mention the fact that last week he detained foreign diplomats as they were investigating human rights abuses the ruling MDF is unleashing on members of the opposition. Zimbabwe has made Africa a laughing stock.

The country has been plunged into an economic abyss. There is anarchy and nobody seems to care! What is the rationale of having institutions like the United Nations and the African Union if they cannot rein in such a leader and bring sanity to this country now characterised by shame, misery, hunger and torture?

Is it not a shame that fellow Africans and human beings are being tortured and killed with impunity as the whole world turns a blind eye as if everything is normal? God save the world!


Ntegye Asiimwe
Oslo, Norway

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