Silence on the Zimbabwe Elections

AFP:  Zimbabwe's opposition slammed the "deafening silence" Tuesday of Africa in the aftermath of the country's elections, warning of blood on the streets unless pressure is brought to bear on Robert Mugabe.

As party lawyers argued at the high court for an immediate announcement of the result of the March 29 presidential poll, the Movement for Democratic Change's number two said its supporters were being provoked into violence as part of a strategy to impose a state of emergency. 
MDC secretary general Tendai Biti said "the deafening silence by our brothers and sisters" in Africa was symptomatic of the continent's failure to react to crises.  Drawing a parallel to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which some 800,000 people lost their lives, Biti urged institutions such as the African Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take a clear stand as he reiterated party claims that pro-government militias were being armed.  CONTINUED 

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Admittedly I'm not much of an Africanist, but I've still been keeping an eye on the Zimbabwe election.

Talk about I country with so much potential trashed so thoroughly by one man.  Once Zimbabwe was the breadbasket of Africa, and now inflation's so high people carry wheelbarrows full of Zimbabwe dollars just to buy a coke (assuming the given store actually has cokes).

I'm curious about the silence myself... perhaps if Mugabe actually makes a overt move to stay in power the African Union can pull a Comoros and shack Mugabe up with Mohamed Bacar!

Except that Mugabe ain't taking calls. 

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So here's a question, where's "Rev" Wright? :)