Afrika: The other side of the coin

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The examples of the Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe are the same tale of two countries on the same continent. Both countries' heads-of-state, their respective cabinets and governments are besieged and their economies bankrupted.

The international Western media was given the go-ahead for its continuous mauling of Gbagbo and Mugabe and a host of other senior African leaders.

Similar to the Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has a problem with the "former" colonial master and not as much with the opposition.

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