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Such attitudes have alienated old Mugabe supporters in Africa. On June 11, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni criticized the Zimbabwe elections and said Mugabe "must go" if he lost the vote. Two days later 40 African leaders, including 14 former presidents, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former Archbishop Desmond Tutu published an open letter condemning the violence, while Botswana, one of several of Zimbabwe's neighbors now caring for the heavy influx of refugees who have fled the violence and poverty, lodged an official protest with the regime over its conduct. On a visit to Zimbabwe, Marwick Khumalo...
...many, Rowling may lack the gravitas of past years’ speakers, who include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former United Nations leader Kofi Annan, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright...
...school, or a career in public policy. With the growth of health economics as a field, even some pre-meds sensibly consider our department. The list of successful people with economics backgrounds spans many walks of life: Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Kofi Annan, Sandra Day O’Connor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meg Whitman—even Gene Kelly, Mick Jagger, and Tiger Woods...
...While Britain bluntly accuses Mugabe of "stealing" the election, reactions from African leaders have been more restrained. On Sunday the African Union joined the chorus of calls for the immediate release of poll results. Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also weighed in, calling on African leaders to find a solution to the situation, which he called "a serious crisis with impact beyond Zimbabwe." But leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) kept noticeably quiet on Zimbabwe at a summit on poverty and development being held in Mauritius - except to ask South African President Thabo Mbeki to continue...
...many Kenyans and outside observers, however, those kinds of pledges will ring false. For one, the reconciliation process was tortured to say the least, dragging on for more than a month after former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan brokered a power-sharing deal, because the two sides bickered over who should get which powerful Cabinet posts. What's more, in hammering out compromises, the rivals have simply expanded the size of the government - increasing its costs - in order to reward their followers...