Saturday - November 22, 2008

Africa Gets Smarter

Well how about that? Zimbabwe actually found an active brain cell and did something right!

Former US president Jimmy Carter and ex-UN secretary general Kofi Annan have been refused entry to Zimbabwe, forcing them to cancel their planned trip.  The pair have said their visa applications for the trip were turned down.

“We had to cancel our visit because the government made it very clear that it will not co-operate,” Mr Annan told a press conference in Johannesburg.

Mr Carter added: “Our purpose in coming here was never to be involved in the political issues that have been so controversial in the establishment of a new government in Zimbabwe, but only to help with the humanitarian issue and we will continue to do that.”

He went on to explain they had submitted their applications “several weeks ago”.

But Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Washington has since told them they would not be delivered “on time”.

The government of President Robert Mugabe “will not permit us to come in and will not cooperate,” Mr Carter said.

Annan said the delegation, which had been set to arrive in Zimbabwe this weekend, needed “no red carpet treatment” but only the government’s “permission to help the poor and the desperate.”

“However the refusal of the Zimbabwean government to facilitate our visit in any way has made it impossible for us to travel at this time,” Annan said.

The government denied that it barred the officials from entering, however, saying it instead asked them to postpone their visit.

Gee whiz, and after Dhimmi Carta went out of his way to support the Mugabe revolution back in the day. I guess that little worm has turned.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/22/2008 at 04:26 PM   
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