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| US: Ambassador did not order rival MDC factions to unite |
| 2007-01-21 |
| In a front-page article on Wednesday, the state-owned Herald newspaper said US ambassador Christopher Dell had summoned the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to a meeting in Harare where he ordered them to reunite. The Herald said Dell promised to hand over US$1 million to a reunited MDC during the meeting that it said took place on January 9 2007. But in a statement to the media yesterday, Paul Engelstad, the embassy spokesman said: "The story in The Herald newspaper alleging a meeting on January 9 2007 between US Ambassador Christopher Dell and representatives of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is false. Neither Ambassador Dell, who was not in Harare on that date, nor any other United States of America Embassy official, attended the alleged meeting referred to in the story." The Herald claimed that Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, who head rival factions of the MDC, had attended the meeting together with senior officials from the factions. Both factions have also dismissed the story as false. The Herald is one of three state-controlled daily newspapers left in Zimbabwe after the government banned the popular privately owned Daily News four years ago. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 Regardless, you two boys play nice. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-21 10:18 |