Kofi Annan: Zimbabwe shames Africa

In an exclusive interview, the former UN secretary general says he is ready to help Zimbabwe through its crisis but warns against judging the whole of Africa
Tracy McVeigh guardian.co.uk, Friday July 18, 2008

As Zimbabwe lurches deeper into crisis this week, with an apparent stalemate in the tentative negotiations between the government and the opposition, the man who salvaged Kenya's political crisis earlier this year insisted a peace deal was 'doable'.

Nobel peace winner and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan told the Observer in an exclusive interview that there was a real possibility of a solution in Zimbabwe, but he was scathing about the plight the beleagured country's people had been left in, saying the worsening situation there "shamed Africa". ....
 

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