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Why? Look at the U.S. Department of State's most recent annual report on human rights around the world. Commentary Obama "heartbroken" by Zimbabwe's decline Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Mugabe lashes out at West over Zimbabwe sanctions Sun, Aug 1 2010 RPT-UPDATE 1-Economy erodes election hope for Obama's Democrats Tue, Jul 27 2010 Economy erodes election hope for Democrats Tue, Jul 27 2010 Obama talks of job creation to skeptical Americans Thu, Jul 15 2010 WRAPUP 5-Obama enlists Bill Clinton's aid on economy Wed, Jul 14 2010 Related Topics World » Barack Obama » President Barack Obama hosts a town hall forum with young African leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 3, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing By Alister Bull WASHINGTON | Tue Aug 3, 2010 7:39pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama criticized Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday and warned Africa not to repeat the mistakes that betrayed the hopes of an "independence generation," which included his own father. "I'll be honest with you. I am heartbroken when I see what has happened in Zimbabwe," he said at a White House event to discuss the continent's future. Obama invited 115 young Africans, selected as the region's future leaders, to take part in a three-day forum marking the 50th anniversary of independence in many of their countries, while looking toward the next 50 years. As America's first black president whose father was Kenyan, Obama's words carry special weight in Africa and he did not mince them. He urged greater press freedom, said corruption sapped support for foreign aid, and aimed harsh criticism at Zimbabwe's long-serving president. "I think Mugabe is an example of a leader who came in as a liberation fighter and, I'm just going to be very blunt, I do not see him serving his people well," Obama told the meeting in response to a question about sanctions. The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe nearly a decade ago and the restrictions still chafe, with Mugabe demanding that they be lifted. Obama made plain conditions were still not ripe for this to happen. "In order to do that we've got to see some signal it will not simply entrench the same past abuses, but will rather move us in a new direction that will help the people," he told the audience, many of whom were clad in traditional African garb. Mugabe was forced into a power-sharing deal last year with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai that has stabilized the economy after a decade of decline. But his policies are still deterring foreign aid and investment, and Obama sounded skeptical that the power-sharing pact was yielding results. "Tsvangirai has tried to work -- despite the fact that he himself has been beaten, and imprisoned -- he has now tried to work to see if there is a gradual transition that might take place. But so far the results have not been what we would have hoped," the U.S. president said. NEXT GENERATION Obama said he had deliberately reached beyond the current generation of African leaders to talk to young people who will shape the region's future and urged they understand corruption was the continent's enemy. "If at a time of great constraint, we are coming up with aid, those aid dollars need to go to countries using them effectively," he said. In a lighter moment, Obama recalled South Africa's successful staging of the soccer World Cup as a positive example of moving past white minority rule to democracy. He spoke candidly of "huge opportunities" Africa had missed and urged the audience to get it right this time. "When my father traveled to the United States and got his degree in the early Sixties, the GDP of Kenya was actually on par, maybe actually higher, than the GDP of South Korea ... Now it is not even close. That is fifty years that was lost in terms of opportunities," Obama said. "So fifty years from now, when you look back, you want to make sure the continent hasn't missed those opportunities as well." (Editing by Chris Wilson) World Barack Obama Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment Aug 03, 2010 7:30pm EDT I think you might find that the “independence generation” has been faithfully served by President Mugabe. He intentionally set out to destroy every vestige of colonialism. He quite plainly stated back in the 80’s that Zimbabwe which then had a population of some 12 million would be better with a population of 6 million (you will probably find this equates to the size of his tribe), and that he was implementing a scorched earth policy (not dissimilar to Pol Pot’s theories, and very much in tune with the wonky African version Marxist/Leninist Pan African politics which blossomed during the post WW2 decline of the European African colonies and gave the world a wonderful set of dictators to replace the European colonial dictators who preceeded them. Even worse is the example he was set by his former colonial masters who would steal, cheat, lie, and kill anyone whether they were white or black who stood either in their way, or even looked as if they would stand in their way, including their own kind and their own siblings. History is fascinating, whether it’s ancient, recent or current. It’s just a shame the media has become so lob-sided it’s no longer much use for assessing what is going on. Gubernator Report As Abusive Aug 04, 2010 12:04am EDT When will the Leaders of the Western Powers quit lecturing Africa and its Leaders on Democracy, Governance, Corruption etc etc etc as if Africa has monoply on these issues. The west invested on Asian, Latin, Middle East and European dictators so heavily that some of the are now sharing the riches with Africa on its new economic rebirth. And unless Obama and his other friends stop their lectures, they will be outside spectators to the new world economic frontiers. Adjustments, capacity building and all those nonsense destroyed Africa with IMF and World Bank medications of Currency Devaluations, No agriculture subsidy, Aid, Free Food and Commodities, Unaccounted for influx of money supply for the governments and not the businesses, etc etc etc… And finally the handover of the power, soverignity and the future of Africa to super powered, dictatorial, corrupt, wasteful, unco-ordinated, unrestricted and accountable to none NGOs. Maybe theecturing will stop when Africans become powerful Oil sheikhs, nuclear power, economic giants of their own or all of the above. What will our relations with Africa will be by then. mrworldnews Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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