UN looking to replace Mbeki as Zimbabwe mediator

Times:

Pressure was mounting last night for the key role of mediating an end to the crisis in Zimbabwe to be taken out of the hands of Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa, whose “softly softly” approach to Robert Mugabe has been condemned worldwide.

The UN’s push for greater involvement came amid mounting frustration with the failure of current mediation efforts. The United States pushed for Mr Mugabe and other ring-leaders of election abuses in Zimbabwe to be slapped with a worldwide travel ban and the freezing of their assets.

Diplomats said that the UN was considering a shortlist of leading African politicians, including the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, to help negotiate a political settlement in the country.

Other possible mediators include the former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo; the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano; and President John Kufuor of Ghana.

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there is much more. I am sure it would be hard for any of these guys to do any worse. In fact it would be hard for a dead man to do much worse than Mbeki. The people of Zimbabwe desperately need someone to intervene and get Mugabe and his thugs out of power. The suggestion of a power sharing arrangement with the opposition and Mugabe is absurd. How can you share power with an abusive bully who is murdering your followers?

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