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Mugabe looks for political boost at Africa summit

World Jul. 01, 2008 - 06:01AM JST ( 5 )

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some14someJul. 01, 2008 - 07:40AM JST

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was welcomed by his peers Monday at an African summit, hoping for a boost of political legitimacy after a widely discredited re-election. His fellow African leaders avoided strong public criticism of him, despite Western calls for them to condemn the longtime leader.

So,this is how Mugabe has been able to rule for last 28 years + 5 year fresh term. AU is similar to Islamic countries as far as 'unity' is concerned and western countries hardly get anything, end up doing nothing.
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wilburJul. 01, 2008 - 06:23PM JST

...and the entire african continent goes backwards another 25 years...
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frontandcentreJul. 01, 2008 - 06:54PM JST

Well, many of the AU leaders are about as legitimate as Mugabe has now made himself - in other words, not at all - so they'd have a lot of front to criticise him.
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JoeBigsJul. 01, 2008 - 07:38PM JST

YOU SIR are COOOOOORRRECT! Most of those so called elected (wink wink) officials can not say a darn word about Mugabe. But those that can....well wont. BTW does anyone really care about Africa? Only when the West wants something do they stop by.....

Opps I forgot the LDP does need their votes to get a UN security seat. My bad......
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RedMeatKoolAidJul. 01, 2008 - 08:03PM JST

This Mugabe chap must be a real bad egg. Even the NY Times has recanted.

Nicholas Kristof: When I grew up in the 1970s, a central truth was that Ian Smith was evil and Mugabe heroic. So it was jolting on my last visit to Zimbabwe, in 2005, to see how many Zimbabweans looked back on oppressive white rule with nostalgia. They offered a refrain: "Back then, at least parents could feed their children."