Zimbabwe Updates 2/11/09
NY Times: Mugabe Foe Sworn In as Zimbabwe Prime Minister
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken office as prime minister in a deal with old rival President Robert Mugabe aimed at saving Zimbabwe.
WSJ: Zimbabwe Chooses an African Delusion (opinion-editorial)
Mr. Tupy, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute suggests that the West has to recognize this fundamental lack of political freedom and accountability in Africa. That is especially important now that tens of billions of dollars have been promised to Africa as part of a new push for African development agreed at the 2005 G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Mr. Tupy states that bad government in Africa is tolerated and sometimes even encouraged. Zimbabwe’s power-sharing agreement is not a solution, but a delusion.
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February 12, 2009 at 5:28 am
“Zimbabwe’s power-sharing agreement is not a solution, but a delusion.”
This is the most accurate statement that I’ve seen in my time here. The forgein aid is going to be abused. And yet supporters of organizations like One.org still want to push money into a place such as this. I’m sure they ( not the needing people) of Zimbabwe will appreciate all the love and support.
I just had an interesting thought….how much of that forgein aid money is used for genocide? Those would be some pretty cool numbers to look at.
February 21, 2009 at 7:44 am
No interest in the concept of forgein aid being used for genocide? Maybe we just don’t want to look there…..