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Anglican Archibishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and South African, joins the public call for international peacekeeping force in Zimbabwe as reported in this article.

Mr Tutu said Mr Mugabe must be told he could either lead an illegitimate government and live with the consequences, "for example an indictment before the International Criminal Court due to the grave human rights violations" in his name, or accept a "soft landing" by resigning and perhaps living in exile.

Mr Mugabe vowed on Friday he would not lose power to an opposition he said was backed by "a hostile axis of powerful foreign governments" and Western imperialists.

- Reuters (ABC News read full article)

It is clear some leaders in Southern Africa live in the real world. But, perhaps that quality does not always fit so well with the title of President.

What Mugabe doesn't seem to realise is the new so-called "imperialists" may well be Eastern. He has to make his choice -- the future of some 13 million Zimbabweans at home and abroad depend on it -- as does his.

Update: 14:30 18 May 2008

The original Tutu article is on the Africa Reuters page. More interesting perhaps for an ICT teacher is the wide range of sources of citizen news from inside Zimbabwe.