To Note: The cited story was published two days ago, but I held off writing this article in its entirety to celebrate Christmas to the fullest.

If Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu gets involved in a humanitarian crisis, then it is clear that the situation has not been improved. The situation with Robert Mugabe has garnered international attention as Zimbabwe suffers through super hyper inflation, a cholera epidemic, and a political lockdown as the political compromise deal between Mugabe and the opposition fell apart a couple of months ago. Mugabe has continuously asserted his right to rule by referring to the previous election outcome, but many international observers have criticized the election as a fraud.

Tutu advocates a certain threat of force to oust Mugabe, but with the situation deteriorating quickly, I wonder what the next step would be for the unemployed stricken country. Should the country call for new elections run by the international community, or should the international community, made up of member nations and international organizations, temporary run the country, potentially rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure while ensuring some stability in the region.

In order to improve the situation, however, I echo Tutu’s sentiments, which is the forceful involvement of neighboring African countries. But many African nations, including South Africa, have failed to be good neighbors by being less assertive. Although the United States and other western countries have been forceful against Mugabe, this is an African problem. Leaders in Africa need to come together and pressure with a measure of force to oust the potentially mentally insane dictator-to-be leader in Zimbabwe.