Kofi Annan: Zimbabwe shames Africa

In an exclusive interview, the former UN secretary general says he is ready to help Zimbabwe through its crisis but warns against judging the whole of Africa.

18 Jul 2008

As Zimbabwe lurches deeper into crisis this week, with an apparent stalemate in the tentative negotiations between the government and the opposition, the man who salvaged Kenya's political crisis earlier this year insisted a peace deal was 'doable'.

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