Crackdown in Zimbabwe Intensifies

Mugabe, like Meles, is just another ravenous African vampire who is sucking the life blood of his country. At the same time, the comment by U.S. State Department’s spokesman regarding Mugabe’s action is steep in obscene hypocrisy and double-standard. While condemning Mugabe, the State Department is creating havoc in eastern African by supporting Meles Zenawi’s murderous regime that had lost the 2005 elections in Ethiopia.

————–

(New York Times) JOHANNESBURG — A day before southern Africa’s leaders hold an emergency session on Zimbabwe’s disputed election, the government of the beleaguered nation appeared to tighten its control on Friday, banning political rallies, continuing its crackdown on the opposition and arresting the lawyer of its chief rival, Morgan Tsvangirai. The Movement for Democratic Change, Mr. Tsvangirai’s party, said Friday that more than 1,000 of its supporters had been attacked or arrested since the voting took place on March 29, fueling a growing chorus of international criticism of President Robert Mugabe’s handling of the elections… Continue reading >>