In an oh-so-unexpected turn of events, Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe was today announced as the landslide winner in the country’s presidential elections. Despite it being a somewhat hollow victory due to intimidation, killings, and the opponent being forced to pull out resulting in an uncontested election, the BBC reports that he was rapidly sworn in on Sunday. On Monday, he’ll attend a summit of the spineless African Union, where a bunch of other African dictators will most likely keep quiet about the events under Mugabe’s rule, or at most write him a letter paying lip-service to their supposed disappointment before hastily moving on to other less controversial matters.

BBC story here. The Times reports on Africa’s democracy defecit here.

Posted Monday, June 30th, 2008 @ 1:01 am
Filed in human rights, politics

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