Tomorrow’s fugitive will live in a slum, not under canvas

Zimbabwe’s new power-sharing government isn’t ideal.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s misdeeds have taken and destroyed lives, and they should be judged in some venue.

They bear the look of street urchins, their eyes on the prowl for useful scraps of garbage and their bodies covered in clothes no cleaner than a mechanic’s rags.

The half-starved haunt Zimbabwe, where a United Nations survey found that 7 in 10 people had eaten either nothing or only a single meal the day before.

Robert Mugabe brazenly and brutally stole his latest re-election as president of Zimbabwe. Now Africa’s leaders, who have looked the other way for far too long, must decide what they will do.

Zimbabweans suffered for so many decades from white racism that the last thing they need is for Robert Mugabe’s brutality to be excused because of his skin color.

Wir lieben Tiere… und wir wollen das beste für die Menschen in Afrika. Es stellt sich allerdings das Problem, dass diese beiden Intentionen nicht immer miteinander harmonieren wollen.
Zum Beispiel sind Elefanten für einen afrikanischen Bauern keine Augenweide und keine sanften Riesen. Sie kommen dem Kleinbauern eher wie unerbittliche riesige Fressmaschinen vor, deren größtes Vergnügen es [...]

(The New York Times)
FREITAG, der 9. Mai 2008
Nachdem Südafrika und ganz Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe jahrelang unterstützt haben, ist es an der Zeit, daß sie für die Demokratie eintreten.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/09/opinion/edmugabe.php

(The New York Times)
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
After years of enabling Robert Mugabe, it is time for South Africa and all of Zimbabwe ’s neighbors to enable democracy.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/09/opinion/edmugabe.php

(The New York Times)
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
African nations must put aside their hero worship and find ways to persuade Robert Mugabe to allow a peaceful transfer of power to Morgan Tsvangirai.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/01/opinion/edzimba.php