Mugabe bans Carter from Zimbabwe

Sunday, November 23, 2008 around 11 am mountain time

Abbreviated timeline: Mugabe blames the West for Zimbabwe’s plight. Mugabe asks the West for aid. Mugabe kicks former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his humanitarian group in the teeth by denying them Zimbabwean visas.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who at 84 clings to power after 28 years in office, barred another famed 84-year-old, former President Jimmy Carter of the United States, from entering the country Saturday.

“It seems obvious to me that leaders of the government are immune to reaching out for help for their own people,” Carter said at a news conference in Johannesburg. Carter said Zimbabwe’s ambassador in Washington had advised him he would not be issued a visa after he applied for one several weeks ago.

(IHT)

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 11 am and is filed under africa, news, politics, travel, zimbabwe.

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