{"id":87182,"date":"2015-01-31T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=87182"},"modified":"2015-01-31T05:05:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T05:05:45","slug":"africans-should-be-happy-about-mugabes-au-appointment-kwesi-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=87182","title":{"rendered":"Africans should be happy about Mugabe&#8217;s AU appointment &#8211; Kwesi Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Socialist Forum, Kwesi Pratt has said Zimbabwe\u2019s President, Robert Mugabe is perfectly eligible and qualified to chair the African Union (AU).<\/p>\n<p>The 90- year -old leader is <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/30\/mugabe-is-new-au-chairman\/#sthash.cHkr1FmU.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>will replace<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>Mauritania\u2019s Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz but concerns about how the West, which is not in favour of his long stay in office will deal with the AU during his term of office.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;jKJ9fqTVaaCsgsJK7xXb8VnBi40BqXrx&#8221;]Commenting on these concerns on <strong>Eyewitness New<\/strong>s, Kwesi Pratt \u00a0dismissed those assertions, saying: \u201cwho says that Mugabe is a dictator. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America has killed thousands of people around the world with many strikes. Did he consult his people?Did he go to congress?So what makes Mugabe a dictator&#8230;\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMugabe is &#8230;eminently qualified to chair the AU like any other African head of state is qualified to chair the AU,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12687\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74181665_021275935-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12687\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74181665_021275935-1.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Mugabe \" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74181665_021275935-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74181665_021275935-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Mugabe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ace broadcaster also pointed out that concerns about his age were unnecessary, saying \u201c&#8230; The Queen of England is much older than Mugabe. The Queen of England has been more on the throne for much longer than Mugabe, why are we not discussing that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Africans should be elated about Mugabe\u2019s appointment as the Head of the AU since he and other African leaders had fought for the continent\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230;You also have to understand that Mugabe is an African hero.He is one of the pioneers of African liberation along with Nelson Mandela, &#8230; along with Kwame Nkrumah &#8230; these are the heroes of Africa whether you like it or not and indeed what Mugabe stands for is very very popular in Southern and Eastern Africa\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Socialist Forum, Kwesi Pratt has said Zimbabwe\u2019s President, Robert Mugabe is perfectly eligible and qualified to chair the African Union (AU). The 90- year -old leader is will replace Mauritania\u2019s Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz but concerns about how the West, which is not in favour of his long stay in office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-87182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}