The atrocities carried out by the lunatic Mugabe have been going on for years, just as those atrocities in Sudan, Burma and Palestine, yet the United Nations stands by and watches. Its about time the United Nations took a responsible line and forcefully stepped into any situation such as these.

Dave Charles, Telford, England

"May the Lord bless you and keep you: May the Lord make His face shine upon you; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace."

I pray the Lord's peace on the Zimbabweans and judgement against her enemies, inside and outside the country.

Scott, Greenwood, Indiana, USA

S. African President Mbeki's efforts to achieve mediation in Zimbabwe were obviously going to get nowhere long ago. Mbeki is a weak leader in his own country so commands little respect. I realise that Mandela has retired from politics, but he can and should express an opinion on Mugabe's madness.

Dave Charles, Telford, England

We pray that the situation could come to an end, May the Lord touch those who are causing the violence and show them the right thing to do, May the Lord Stop this violence right now! We thank Jesus for those who escaped the brutal killing and we wish they could also keep peace in Zimbabwe.

Luscia, Gaborone, Botswana

I cryd dis morning 4 de Zimbabweans 4 i realize how bad their situation is!Why shud this b allowed 2 go on!Mugabe is too powerful 4 the Zimbabweans to handle him alone.I feel that whatever that could be done to free Zimbabweans including arressting Mugabe will be welcome!

Monyatsi, Gaborone, Botswana

So very very sad.

If only South Africa was not so weak!

If only the UN would go in to countries like this, (and Burma too) that are oppressing and killing their own people.

Then again if my own government would support the UN and help to make it the strong voice it could be for peace & justice..

liz randol, Pahoa, Hawaii, USA

I think these people who are being forced w/violence in the night need protection, yet R brave. I realize my comment does little 2 change the atrocities, but I send my hope/care over the miles, even telepathically. God, please help us all. When will we find your Greatness? When will you cleanse us?

Marty, Carlsbad, USA

Yes...the Zimbabweans are doing a fine job with their re-claimed land.

James Cullup, Oxford,

Its about time somebody took one of those guided missiles out of its packing case, put the co-ordinations in the firing sequence and give the poor mutilated and starved people a day to celebrate. It would be the most satisfying day of my life to know he was gone, or give him the Saddam treatment.

Phil de Buquet, Newport,

So Gordon Brown (unelected) and the EU (pressing ahead with the Lisbo treaty despite the Irish 'No' vote) are calling Robert Mugabe a travesty of democracy. It is to laugh!

Chris, Newcastle, UK

Mugabe would get standing ovations from Africans when he attended conferences etc, even in South Africa. He brought (temporary) "freedom" to what was Rhodesia and was respected for that. The attitude of neighbour states seems to have changed. But armed invasion? - no nearby army could do it.

GM Thomson, Sherborne,

Hi Paul of Hornchurch.
Over which countries are the "world's policemen" going to illegally overfly on their way?
None of the so called democracies that adjoin Zimbabwe would give their consent. Perhaps Scottie could beam them in in your never never land. Perhaps a phaser attack from outer space

Stephen Green, Correns , France

It is time the world (especially African nations) through the UN and UNSC mandated intervention into Zim. This shambles of a country is probably more deserving than the Iraq adventure. Sadly though, due to Zim's lack of oil and any real strategic importance, we'll only see hot air and no action.

Tim, Trondheim, Norway

Can't believe some of the brainless comments I have been reading. It leaves one thinking there is no hope at all for that sick Continent.
If the World intervenes it is unilaterally condemned by the African Countries. If it doesn't, we've the same result. Either way, out will come the begging bowls!

Pedro Tam, London, UK

To Ezhi Opfu,

We the people of Zimbabwe have had enough with Africans who pretend to know so much about our problems while propping a failed despot. Land is not the issue in Zimbabwe. It is about a failed democracy and a deranged demagogue that wants to hang on at all cost. Going, yes...he is gone

Chinoz Sibanda, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Bod Jenseng should actually read the facts. The Mau Mau are not heroes, they were a brutal group who used the presence of White land owners to launch a civil war against other tribes in Kenya inorder to impose a minority kikuyu rule just like ZANU PF is doing now with its anti british propaganda

John, Salford,

To: Ezhi Opfu

You sound confused. The land thieves are Mugabe and Zanu PF. They have stolen the land from the Zimbaweans. That must be obvious by now.

Colin, Carmarthen, UK

Land thieves! Zimbabwean lands are for Zimbabweans!!

Ezhi Opfu, London, UK

John from Nice in France should get his facts straight - the Mau Mau freedom struggle achieved what it set ou to do - that is get those thieving land grabbing White colonialists out of Kenya. Mugabe will surely go down among his people as a villain - the Mau Mau will always be heroes for the Kenyans

Bod Jenseg, HARROW, UK

I don't think it is racism at the UN. I think it's a matter of timing and proximity.

Bosnia was too close to RUS, GER, FRA, GBR for them to risk that level of chaos nearby.

Also, it was at a time when international intervention was a lot more popular. The political rammifications of Iraq...

George, London,

These all night indoctrination sessions sound similar to events in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, where whole villages were marched into the jungle to be beaten and shouted at. Women, children everybody.This is extreme Maoism in action. The degradation of everyone followed by mass starvation.

Colin, Carmarthen, UK

The time of colonialism is over.

And it is good !

Give back the best and most fertile land and leave...

These gut-wrenching stories are simply promoting a standstill.

Peter Vernunft, Berlin, Germany

Consult hayibo.com and all will be made clear to you about Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Mbeki... and most other things too.

Tony Eaton, London,

A chilling story.

Land will again be politically powerful, in this age of rising crop prices and bio-fuel demand.

Zim has enormous 'reserves' of non-producing land.

But only SA can intervene and that won't happen under Mbeki, but may under Zuma, a Zuma whose Ndebele cousins were murdered in 1982.

D. Short, London,

Let me correct that, Zuma is a Zulu and he is tougher on Mugabe than Mbeki because of the massaces of the Ndebele in Matabeleland.

D. Short, London,

Let's face it, the UN is a completely USELESS body that should be disbanded!! When it was Bosnia (white people), the UN did all it could to end the madness. When it is Africa (black people) nothing happens! e.g. Rwanda, Darfur and now Zimbabwe. It's not about oil or lack of. The UN is USELESS!!

John Nicholson, London, UK

is Mbeki still the president of SA? where is he? I have not heard him make any sort of sensical statement about ZImbabwe in months now since this violence began.
He is Mugabe's lap-dog.
Jacob Zuma needs to push Mbeki out as he seems to have a stronger back-bone when it comes to the Mugabe issue.

kevin, jhb, south africa

The only mistake the Zimbabwaen people have made is to be born into a country lacking in oil reserves. If only they had just a little of the black stuff the worlds "policemen" would have come running to ensure a fair election, and a fair price for that oil too. Come on SA, pull your finger out.

Paul, Hornchurch,