New Statesman - <![CDATA[Tiseke Kasambala]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/tiseke_kasambala en <![CDATA[An illegitimate president]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2008/07/violence-african-mugabe-rights http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2008/07/violence-african-mugabe-rights Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:22:36 GMT Tiseke Kasambala African leaders must do more to end the repression in Zimbabawe and must place the responsibility for the violence firmly on Robert Mugabe’s doorstep

For once Robert Mugabe did not get the unanimous support that he hoped for when he attended the African Union Summit in Egypt last week, after winning a farcical one-man election on 27 June.

While the African Union provided him with the semblance of public legitimacy he was looking for, a number of leaders at the summit broke rank and criticized his brutal regime. Such criticism is a welcome [...]

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