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TheMercenary · 07-19-2008, 07:41 AM

Zim 'shames' most Africans
18/07/2008 15:31 - (SA)

London - Zimbabwe's current plight "shames most Africans", former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said in an interview published on Friday, while voicing hope for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, offering to help resolve the standoff as he did earlier this year in Kenya, urged the West not to let Zimbabwe's situation strengthen the image of Africa as a continent in crisis.

"Zimbabwe shames most Africans but at the same time it's wrong to judge the whole continent on what is happening there, it is not a litmus test for the region," he told The Observer newspaper.

"Mozambique came through a civil war extremely admirably. You have Botswana doing extremely well, Malawi is making great steps to improve food production," he said, according to the website of the weekly's sister paper the Guardian.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Zim 'shames' most Africans 18/07/2008 15:31 - (SA) London - Zimbabwe's current plight "shames most Africans", former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said in an interview published on Friday, while voicing hope for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, offering to help resolve the standoff as he did earlier this year in Kenya, urged the West not to let Zimbabwe's situation strengthen the image of Africa as a continent in crisis. "Zimbabwe shames most Africans but at the same time it's wrong to judge the whole continent on what is happening there, it is not a litmus test for the region," he told The Observer newspaper. "Mozambique came through a civil war extremely admirably. You have Botswana doing extremely well, Malawi is making great steps to improve food production," he said, according to the website of the weekly's sister paper the Guardian. (continues) http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...359941,00.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!