Annan Leaves: Good Riddance

December 14, 2006
MedCom/IG

The abolitionist, William Wilberforce would have had a formidable opponent in Kofi Annan. Like his African predecessor Boutros Boutros-Ghali, they’ll suffer the infamy of having been at the controls during genocide galore in Africa: The French genocides in Rwanda and Congo-Brazzaville, and of course the current one in Darfur.

Hiding behind the purported interests of the Security Council members is an unacceptable alibi. Where better men could have used the bully pulpit of their positions to invoke moral outrage or resign all together, Kofi Annan in particular, with his immoral recidivism in Congo-Brazzaville and Côte d’Ivoire, acting as the blue-eyed boy of an ongoing evil French enterprise in Africa opted for the role of a collaborator against fellow Africans. Maybe he will follow in the foot steps of Boutros Boutros-Ghali and lead the francophonie next.