ZIMBABWE AND RIVALS AGREE
Jul 23rd, 2008 by admin
The UN said the political parties in Zimbabwe have reached a consensus on holding crisis talks. UN Zimbabwe representative, Haile Menkerios, said President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have settled on a draft agreement, which he described as “a first step”. It is hoped the agreement will be signed in the next 24 hours, allowing talks to begin. It comes as a UN World Food Programme report said millions of Zimbabweans face severe food shortages. Hyperinflation and government mishandling of land distribution is being blamed for the crisis.
Talks…. talks… talks….
The tragedy of Zimbabwe is the silence, the indolence and the pathetic acquiesence of the younger generation of Africans.
Where are the youth movements? Where are the immature, angry voices? Where are the street protests organised by those with most to gain and, empowered by the naive and reckless abandon of childish inexperience, at the same time least to lose.
We – the young, angry, educated African elite – must examine ourselves and admit our failures. We have failed Zimbabwe. We have failed Zimbabweans. We have failed Africa.