Zimbabwe's Cry for Justice: Mugabe Seeks to Ban NGOs

	A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD." (Isaiah 40:3)
	Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. . . . For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. (Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country)

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Mugabe Seeks to Ban NGOs

As expected, Mugabe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, is pushing through legislation which will ban all foreign-funded non-governmental organizations. This action is against the advice of the parliamentary committee which was asked to look into the constitutionality of such a decision. Here is the committee's report lambasting the proposed legislation.