Robert Mugabe off the hook as usual

This article entitled « Robert Mugabe off the hook as usual » was published in THE ECONOMIST, a British weekly magazine, on September 12th, 2009, a few months before the Jacob Zuma’s election as South Africa. Elections that may be a new hope towards the future of the democracy in Africa. The leader writer seems to be sceptic concerning the diplomacy in Zimbabwe, because of the absolutely power and control of Mugabe throughout Zimbabwe. So, in a first part we will sum up the lead, then, by commenting on the tone and technique used by the journalist to construct his indictment of Mugabe’s dictatorship and the fact that the oppositions are powerless to really counter to him. Last of all, we will assess the journalist’s own vision of the Africa’s diplomacy over Zimbabwe.

Contraction :

To start with, the journalist mentions a summit meeting where Morgan TSVANGIRAI and his regional club didn’t succeed to make aware that the power sharing deal in Zimbabwe is an illusion. They should only accept that a committee will maybe « review » the organisation of Mugabe’s government.
Then the journalist explains that the eventual election of Jacob Zuma in South Africa brings new expectations for the first minister, because Jacob Zuma will be more involved and committed against Mugabe’s irresponsible politic.
Concerning Westerners the journalist said that Americans and Europeans support also the implementation of a real democracy in Zimbabwe, thus they would like to see fair election in few months.
To finish the journalist denounces Mugabe’s strategy to escape of a real and total criticism of his politic. Indeed, Robert Mugabe tries to make a semblance of open mindedness but in reality nothing change and the dictatorship still fobbed off the anti-establishment activity by violence and force.

II. The journalist’s criticism:

The journalist targets the reader of the ECONOMIST, he wants to aware everyone of the situation in Zimbabwe.