Irony: Africa Edition

Published November 24, 2008 3:44pm ET



President Jimmy Carter, the man who insisted that the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government allow the Soviet backed Zanu paramilitary liberation movement to participate in national elections, has been denied entry into Zimbabwe by…. Zanu-PF leader and dictator Robert Mugabe.

The former United Nations chief and a former U.S. president have canceled a planned humanitarian visit to Zimbabwe after being denied entry into the country by President Robert Mugabe’s government. Kofi Annan and Jimmy Carter, along with human rights campaigner Graca Machel, were scheduled to visit Zimbabwe Saturday for a first-hand look at the emerging cholera crisis.

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