Michael Holman

Is the international community awaiting an invitation from a credible alliance of rebellious Zimbabwe ministers and opposition leaders before it will come to the country’s rescue? Or has the ruling Zanu-PF propelled the country so far down the road to catastrophe that party officials are incapable of reason, and only military intervention will save the country from calamity?

That’s it! I have had enough. The next time I’m at a conference where the coverage of Africa by the Western media is ritually condemned, I will wrestle the microphone from the speaker and declare: "There is no conspiracy to undermine the continent, no plot to perpetuate its poverty, no plan to ruin its reputation," writes Michael Holman, former editor of the <i>Financial Times</i>.