Who said there isn’t money to made in the West from Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe?
Who said there isn’t money to made in the West from Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe?
Who said Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe isn’t a beacon of freedom and democracy?
(Aside from the usual suspects, of course.)
'Who is still standing with the regime in Harare?' asked Jeremy Sear the other day. The short answer - not too many people. For years the Mugabe regime has been brutalising its citizens - this has been well-publicised in the media, across the world. Read more »
Piers Ackerman is once again trying to smear Rudd by linking him to the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe, he tried the same stunt a week or so back. So this story is more or less just a rehash.
His basic argument goes like this.
International action against Mugabe is being blocked by China.
Rudd speaks Chinese. Read more »
I don’t see how a good outcome can be reached, but I don’t see how the world can stop trying. The starting point has to be the universal condemnation of a tyrant whose stranglehold on power is ruining the very nation he controls. Read more »
Robert Mugabe is undoubtedly destroying Zimbabwe, but why does the West have such selective outrage when it comes to Africa?
(Hint: oil.)
The story of Zimbabwe behind the headlines.
What pressure can you put on a man who has committed so many horrendous crimes that the only way he can avoid being held to account is to never relinquish his grip on power? How could you reason with such a person? He can't save his legacy - even the still-President of the US going around Africa doling out aid in a last-minute effort to have something attached to his reign that isn't a complete disaster can't save his, so what hope does a monster like Mugabe have? Read more »
I have been fairly quiet on the topic of Zimbabwe lately. I have been watching and waiting for the presidential election process to complete before making a comment. That process seems to have stalled today with the Opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangarai, withdrawing from the run off election against the current dictator, Robert Mugabe. Read more »
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