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12/18/2004:

"Time for Africa to Rid Itself of Indignity"

THE time has come for Africa to rid itself of the indignity of having all its elections vetted by the West, Tanzanian President Cde Benjamin Mkapa has said.

Addressing the 17th session of the plenary assembly of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum in Tanzania on Tuesday, some of the countries clamouring to observe elections in Africa denied "us democracy for many years, or were (guilty of) complicity to such denial".

Full Article : rastafarispeaks.com