November 29, 2005
The timely Times
Just caught up with Sunday's strongly-worded editorial on Ethiopia in the New York Times which includes the following call for action from the UK:
Mr. Good Governance Goes Bad - NYT Nov 27Mr. Blair should publicly evict Mr. Meles from his Commission for Africa. The rest of the international development crowd should exile him.
There's just one small problem. The Commission for Africa ceased to exist way back in July. It published its one and only report in March, went through a few months of conferences and press conferences, then shut up shop. A quick check of the Commission's home page reveals the message: "The Commission timeline offers an overview of the Commission's activities from May 2004 to July 2005. This website was updated for the last time on 29 July 2005."
The NYT can shout all it wants but there is is nothing left for Mr Meles to be evicted from.
Posted by aheavens at November 29, 2005 5:43 PM