07 April, 2008
Sometimes I wish Mugabe were dead
Mail & Guardian, Khaya Dlanga
What we have witnessed, though, is a man only interested in serving himself, protecting himself and bullying those who are weaker, those with nothing. Instead of serving them, he sows fear into their lives; instead of protecting them, he continues to abuse them.
What we have witnessed, though, is a man only interested in serving himself, protecting himself and bullying those who are weaker, those with nothing. Instead of serving them, he sows fear into their lives; instead of protecting them, he continues to abuse them.
Charcoal fuels the economy and deforestation of Mozambique
Christian Science Monitor, Stephanie Hanes
Congo DRC: Suffering of Congolese shames humanity
East African (Kenya), Zachary Ochieng
By the end of this month, 45,000 more Congolese — half of them children — will die from hunger, preventable disease and other consequences of violence and displacement. “Congolese women and girls in particular bear the brunt of this crisis. Indeed, eastern Congo right now is perhaps the worst place in the world to be a woman or a girl,” the report says. The sexual violence and rape exists on a scale seen nowhere else in the world as it is part and parcel of the conflict. It mutilates and humiliates. Its nature is brutal and vicious; it defies both description and imagination.
Often successful in its intent to destroy and exterminate, rape as a weapon of war is causing the near total destruction of women, their families and community members. The international community has known about the extreme humanitarian crisis in the eastern Congo for years, and the sexual violence pandemic entered fully onto the international radar in 2002 after the release of Human Rights Watch’s harrowing report — The War within the War. Since then, there have been several reports detailing gruesome sexual atrocities committed against women and young girls, including recent high-profile segments on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 60 Minutes and National Broadcasting Company’s Today shows. This spotlight has failed, however, to generate effective action; efforts to protect women and girls in the Congo are failing spectacularly.
By the end of this month, 45,000 more Congolese — half of them children — will die from hunger, preventable disease and other consequences of violence and displacement. “Congolese women and girls in particular bear the brunt of this crisis. Indeed, eastern Congo right now is perhaps the worst place in the world to be a woman or a girl,” the report says. The sexual violence and rape exists on a scale seen nowhere else in the world as it is part and parcel of the conflict. It mutilates and humiliates. Its nature is brutal and vicious; it defies both description and imagination.
Often successful in its intent to destroy and exterminate, rape as a weapon of war is causing the near total destruction of women, their families and community members. The international community has known about the extreme humanitarian crisis in the eastern Congo for years, and the sexual violence pandemic entered fully onto the international radar in 2002 after the release of Human Rights Watch’s harrowing report — The War within the War. Since then, there have been several reports detailing gruesome sexual atrocities committed against women and young girls, including recent high-profile segments on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 60 Minutes and National Broadcasting Company’s Today shows. This spotlight has failed, however, to generate effective action; efforts to protect women and girls in the Congo are failing spectacularly.
Cold sober logic of the man who destroyed Zimbabwe
Business Day, Paul Moorcraft
He could have saved something of his reputation had he conceded early and gone into a dignified retirement. Instead, he has created massive uncertainty for a transition, which could yet become a second Kenya. Mugabe’s rule destroyed Zimbabwe. The manner of his departure might yet disgrace the whole continent.
He could have saved something of his reputation had he conceded early and gone into a dignified retirement. Instead, he has created massive uncertainty for a transition, which could yet become a second Kenya. Mugabe’s rule destroyed Zimbabwe. The manner of his departure might yet disgrace the whole continent.
MUGABE WON’T RIG ELECTIONS: PAHAD
The Zimbabwean, Trust Matsilele
South Africa foreign minister says Mugabe will find it hard to rig this election as results have already been displayed and are now public information.
Wikipedida:
Aziz Pahad matriculated at Central Indian High School, Johannesburg in 1959. He graduated in 1963 from the University of the Witwatersrand in Sociology and Afrikaans. He obtained a Diploma in International Relations from University College, London in 1966 and an MA degree from the University of Sussex in 1968.
Strange, very strange (BH)
South Africa foreign minister says Mugabe will find it hard to rig this election as results have already been displayed and are now public information.
Wikipedida:
Aziz Pahad matriculated at Central Indian High School, Johannesburg in 1959. He graduated in 1963 from the University of the Witwatersrand in Sociology and Afrikaans. He obtained a Diploma in International Relations from University College, London in 1966 and an MA degree from the University of Sussex in 1968.
Strange, very strange (BH)
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