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| Zimbabwe ambassador denies refugee camps in S. Africa |
| 2008-07-09 |
| (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean ambassador to South Africa Simon Khaya Moyo on Monday dismissed as malicious mischief reports by British Foreign Secretary David Milliband that there were refugee camps for Zimbabweans in South Africa. In a statement, Moyo said the purported visits to Zimbabwean refugee camps on Sunday by British Foreign Secretary David Milliband were a political manoeuvre meant to tarnish the country, New Ziana reported. 'Yesterday's so called visit to Zimbabwean refugee camps in South Africa by British Foreign Secretary David Milliband is a malignant political lie,' he said. Moyo said the only known centers housing Zimbabweans were those recently created to cater for foreigners displaced during xenophobia attacks. 'There are no Zimbabwean refugee camps in South Africa. We only know of centers for displaced foreign nationals from all over the continent following recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa,' he said. The ambassador called on Milliband to stop interfering with the mediation processes currently underway between the Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF led by President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. 'Let the mediator on Zimbabwe, President Thabo Mbeki as mandated by SADC and recently by the African Union execute his noble task without British interference,' he said. Moyo said Milliband had no business lecturing Zimbabwe since the country had 'long ceased to be a British colony.' President Thabo Mbeki was in Zimbabwe on Saturday to broker talks between Zimbabwe's rival parties to map the way forward for the country that has developed sharp political divisions that threaten its economic prosperity. The Morgan Tsvangirai-led faction of the MDC however boycotted the meeting at the last minute alleging that the African Union wanted to appoint other people to assist President Mbeki. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 And the U.S. Congress..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-07-09 15:54 |
| #2 "In Africa, self-determination means: rule of a parasitic elite." Gee, sounds like the EU too. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-09 15:47 |
| #1 When I was in that part of the world in the mid-Seventies, whites in general predicted that Mugabe rule would mean: tribal government; mass exodus of whites; destruction of both cash and food crop industries; stagnation, etc. Mugabe cannot point to a single positive that his rule has produced, other than the palatial life that he and his tribalist cronies live. In Africa, self-determination means: rule of a parasitic elite. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-09 00:59 |