“The tendency for some to think this is an internal matter is nonsense,” said Kofi Annan.
The crisis in Zimbabwe has sent millions of refugees into neighbouring countries and has prevented countries that once bought from food from Zimbabwe from doing so — proof that the problems are not simply an “internal matter,” Annan said.
His harsh words come a few days after Mbeki wrote a letter to United States President George Bush telling him (Bush) to butt out of the Zimbabwean crisis.
The South African President and his Ambassador to the United Nations have barred the Zimbabwean crisis from being at the United Nations Security Council saying, its magnitude did not warrant attention by the UN body and other international forums.
Mbeki, who has made no secret of his support for Robert Mugabe, has in the past few months made inflammatory statements that have even angered some members of his cabinet and his peers in the ruling African National Congress.
Post published in: News