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Strategies & Market Trends : Africa and its Issues- Why Have We Ignored Africa? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stephen O who wrote (1008)	1/30/2009 2:12:46 PM
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Mugabe Should Relinquish Power, Senegal’s Wade Says 2009-01-30 10:47:54.987 GMT By Mike Cohen and Nasreen Seria Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade urged his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, to step down, saying he was no longer capable of running the southern African nation. Mugabe “should be withdrawing from power,” Wade told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. “We need to provide a smooth exit for him.” Zimbabwe has undergone a decade of recession under Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980, while the World Food Program estimates at least 6.9 million of its residents are in need of emergency food aid. Most African leaders have declined to criticize Mugabe, a longstanding political ally. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told the forum their approach reflected badly on the continent’s commitment toward democracy and it was time “for President Mugabe to be shown the door.” “We have government being run by ministers defeated in elections,” Odinga said. “Should someone who abused power be allowed to control instruments of power?” On Sept. 15 last year, Mugabe and leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change signed an agreement to form a unity government. Its implementations stalled amid disagreement over who will control key ministries and the police force. South African President Kgalema Motlanthe said the deadlock had been broken at talks in Pretoria this week. The MDC said several of its concerns remained unaddressed and its leadership will decide at a meeting today whether to implement the accord. “I think this time we have a breakthrough in Zimbabwe at a political level,” because it was unanimously agreed that the coalition government will be formed, Motlanthe told the forum. “They need each other, they need to work together. As the saying goes, peace is far cheaper, in terms of resources and loss of lives, than even the cheapest of wars.” Tsvangirai won the most votes in a presidential election in March. He pulled out of a June runoff because of violence against his supporters, enabling Mugabe to extend his rule.