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Mugabe, says African leaders snub his invites to visit Harare, and blames the West.

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, a much-criticised frequent flier, has revealed that some African leaders have snubbed his invites to visit Harare. And, as with everything else that goes wrong in Zimbabwe, Mugabe blamed western countries for the rebuffs. Mugabe made the revelation while seeing off Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who made a three-day stopover in Harare after attending the African Union summit in South Africa. Speaking at Harare international airport, the veteran leader said leaders…

1400 S.African soldiers ‘held hostage’ in Sudan to secure Al-Bashir safe return

Posted on June 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa’s head to secure his safe return to Khartoum. Netwerk24 revealed that about 1 400 South African soldiers in Darfur were held “hostage” by Sudanese troops when the drama around Al-Bashir’s possible arrest in South Africa escalated. According to military experts, this effectively means Sudan blackmailed South Africa and the soldiers’ lives served as a guarantee for Al-Bashir’s safe return. Only after…

MDC-T pleads with African Union (AU) to beg Mugabe to step down

Posted on June 15, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Opposition MDC-T’s South Africa branch has castigated President Robert Mugabe’s presence in that country on African Union business. The party called on AU to ask Mugabe to step down from his position as AU Chair immediately. Below is the full statement; We the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai, in South Africa are gathered here today to express our displeasure, at the presence of Robert Mugabe. Leaders from the African continent have not…

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