On a day that the United Nations estimated the deaths in Darfur to have topped 300,000 people, Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged the UN to intervene and take control of the deepening elections crisis in his country. [See April 20, 2008 post below.]He told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that he felt African efforts to obtain the release of results had made "no progress", a UN statement says.
However, a Zimbabwe election official said Tuesday that the election recount should be announced by this weekend, four weeks after votes were cast.
Video has been released which shows Movement for Democratic Change members being beaten since the vote.
Human rights groups say they have found camps where people are being tortured for having voted "the wrong way". The government denies such allegations.
Another Zimbabwe crisis was averted Tuesday when Africa's southern countries blocked a shipment of Chinese arms from docking at any ports. The Chinese arms were going to be delivered to Zimbabwe. Chinese officials said Tuesday they might need to order the ship back.
A spokesman for Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed the development. "It would be pleasing to the people of Zimbabwe to note that there has been solidarity on the continent to stop the arming of the (Mugabe) regime at the expense of the people," said the aide, Nelson Chamisa.
There is hope in this world, after all.
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