Thursday, February 22, 2007

Africa Quick Hits

In Africa news, Ugandans (rightfully) laud Forest Whitaker's portrayal of Idi Amin though they would have preferred a less sympathetic rendering at times in the movie.


Meanwhile in bad news for the Springboks, star hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle has suffered a knee injury that might put his World Cup prospects in jeopardy. Ralepelle is the first black player to serve as a Springbok captain, a position he may be in a position to fill at the Cup later this year if he can recover in time. But what at first appeared to be cartilage damage now may be a torn ACL.


Meanwhile in Zimbabwe yet another wave of crackdowns against peaceful protest have led Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman at the State Department, to condemn Mugabe's broken regime. Increasingly I see the endgame near for Mugabe in Zim. The question is not whether, but how things will happen, though mugabe has shown that he is nothing if not resilient.

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