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Sarkozy says Mugabe must go and Information Minister brands foreign governments as racist
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by Dan Finnan | December 8, 2008 at 08:03 am
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"French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Monday that he thinks Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe must go. This followed a meeting in Paris with former US President Jimmy Carter and ex-UN chief Kofi Annan, who said they do not think Mugabe can lead the nation out of crisis."
UPDATE: Zimbabwe's Information Minister branded all foreign countries calling for Mugabe's resignation as racist following calls for the dictator to step down.
"I don't know on what basis does the president of France, the European Union, the foreign minister of Belgium in Brussels, is calling for our president to step down," Ndlovu said.
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at 09:22 on December 8th, 2008
Way should Mugabe go. He never listened to anyone. Why should he listen to Sarkozy. And Sarkozy is talking so much.
Great story by the way.
at 09:45 on December 8th, 2008
Thanks Milieunet,
The audio is now available too, visit the RFI English website.
at 10:21 on December 8th, 2008
Hi Dan - thanks for the post. For the benefit of readers it'd be helpful if you could add a few more details about the story on NowPublic. Thanks.
at 11:34 on December 8th, 2008
If the UN General Assembly can't get up a Resolution, then Mugabe is rock-solid.
at 01:39 on December 9th, 2008
Well Fairbanks thats just bloody stupid considering the UN is a powerless body! Did the Americans and the British have a resolution in Iraq?! No! So whether or not anyone gets one it does not stop him from being 'rock solid', at any point the EU or other African nations could attack him, all they need to do is close of their borders and he would be gone!
at 13:46 on December 9th, 2008
I don't know how Mugabe and his government can ignore the plight of their people for much longer. How bad must the economic and humanitarian conditions get before something is done.
At least Botswana is willing to take a hard line against Mugabe's regime.