Comments on: Tsvangarai pulls out of Zimbabwe elections http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/22/tsvangarai-pulls-out-of-zimbabwe-elections/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/22/tsvangarai-pulls-out-of-zimbabwe-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1051448 Rachel Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:50:03 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2096#comment-1051448 The British newspaper that I read on the plane last night had this as a cover story, and had at least three other big pieces about it. If I weren't so jet-lagged, I'd remember which free paper it was that I picked up on the jetway en route to the plane! Anyway, I was impressed with the depth of their coverage. The British newspaper that I read on the plane last night had this as a cover story, and had at least three other big pieces about it. If I weren’t so jet-lagged, I’d remember which free paper it was that I picked up on the jetway en route to the plane! Anyway, I was impressed with the depth of their coverage.

]]> By: BRE http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/22/tsvangarai-pulls-out-of-zimbabwe-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1050057 BRE Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:36:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2096#comment-1050057 It's good that Morgan Tsvangarai and the MDC Party leaders decided to boycott the upcoming farce of an election runoff in Zimbabwe. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation together with Kofi Annan and a host of African leaders and scholars are circulating an open letter on Zimbabwe (you can check it out at my place). Truth of the matter is, Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF henchmen and thugs will not relinquish power over the country without a fight. Plenty of people around the world would love to see the rapid demise of Mugabe and his enforcers but no government either in the "international community of nations" or in the region (SADC countries) has the "canollis" to bring this awful despot down. In addition, key people in the Mugabe regime should be brought before an international criminal court for a whole bevy of crimes they have committed against the people of Zimbabwe___ but that, like free and fair democratic elections under Zanu-PF rule, is a pipe dream. It’s good that Morgan Tsvangarai and the MDC Party leaders decided to boycott the upcoming farce of an election runoff in Zimbabwe. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation together with Kofi Annan and a host of African leaders and scholars are circulating an open letter on Zimbabwe (you can check it out at my place).

Truth of the matter is, Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF henchmen and thugs will not relinquish power over the country without a fight. Plenty of people around the world would love to see the rapid demise of Mugabe and his enforcers but no government either in the “international community of nations” or in the region (SADC countries) has the “canollis” to bring this awful despot down. In addition, key people in the Mugabe regime should be brought before an international criminal court for a whole bevy of crimes they have committed against the people of Zimbabwe___ but that, like free and fair democratic elections under Zanu-PF rule, is a pipe dream.

]]> By: Codrin Arsene http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/22/tsvangarai-pulls-out-of-zimbabwe-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1050051 Codrin Arsene Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:31:36 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2096#comment-1050051 He had the same ideas, at the same time. :) He had the same ideas, at the same time. :)

]]> By: Between God and Mugabe « citizen.africa http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/22/tsvangarai-pulls-out-of-zimbabwe-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1049687 Between God and Mugabe « citizen.africa Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:34:28 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2096#comment-1049687 [...] sums up the common man’s frustration with Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe after the news that Tsvangarai pulled out of Zimbabwe elections. Here is what he had to say: “‘Only God who appointed me will remove me — not the M.D.C., not [...] [...] sums up the common man’s frustration with Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe after the news that Tsvangarai pulled out of Zimbabwe elections. Here is what he had to say: “‘Only God who appointed me will remove me — not the M.D.C., not [...]

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