An African Failure Posted on July 3rd
ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO, a United Nations deputy secretary general, bluntly told the African Union summit Monday that the crisis in Zimbabwe presented “a moment of truth for regional leaders.” Sadly, those leaders failed to rise to the occasion. Yesterday, the summit, badly divided between democrats outraged by Robert Mugabe’s campaign of terror against his own people and dictators who have applied similar repression, could agree only on a weak statement calling for a “unity government.” The truth the leaders dodged is that there can be no political peace in Zimbabwe until Mr. Mugabe and the clique of thugs around him give up power — and that, in turn, is unlikely to happen if Zimbabwe’s African neighbors do not apply tangible diplomatic and economic sanctions.
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