In other news from Africa, a Chinese ship carrying arms for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been turned away from a dock in South Africa after union workers refused to unload the arms. The dock workers were protesting South African President Thabo Mbeki’s failure to pressure Mugabe to release the results of last month’s presidential election. The opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, claims they won the election, while Mugabe’s ruling party says there should be a run-off. On Sunday, Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the MDC, rejected calls for a recount.

Tendai Biti: “It is quite clear that the dictatorship will do everything, legally and extralegally, to try and reverse the people’s victory of the 29th of March of 2008. But we have made our case. The jury is out there. Zimbabweans themselves know what they did in the polling stations. The rest of the African community, the rest of the international community is watching. The so-called recount has no credibility at all, is not legitimate, and we will not accept that recount. We will not accept that which is unlawful.”