Sunday 3 April 2011

Red Card for Mugabe


Angry SADC leaders warn Zimbabwean president to play the game or else face an Egypt-style revolt


Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders this week cornered President Robert Mugabe at a stormy summit in Livingstone, Zambia, over resurgent political repression and violence, leaving him shaken and angry.
Fed up by Mugabe's hide and seek tactics in Zimbabwe's political crisis, regional leaders escalated pressure on the 87-year-old leader to immediately reform to avert a catastrophic collapse of the inclusive government.
With signs that Mugabe is losing his grip on power and the military said to be running the country's affairs, the SADC Troika on politics, defence and security on Thursday agreed to pressurise Mugabe to stop the arbitrary arrest, intimidation and torture of opponents.

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