Zimbabweans have led lives of ‘untold suffering’, Ian Khama says
The Botswanan president says Robert Mugabe’s resignation would ‘usher in a new political dispensation that will pave the way for the much needed socioeconomic recovery in Zimbabwe’
On Tuesday, the president of Botswana, Ian Khama, called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to "do the honourable thing" and resign. This came a day after Zambian President Edgar Lungu sent the country’s former president, 93-year-old Kenneth Kaunda‚ to try to convince Mugabe to step down. Angolan President Joao Lourenco and President Jacob Zuma were also due to fly to Zimbabwe on Wednesday following talks between regional leaders on the crisis engulfing the country. In an open letter to Mugabe posted on the Botswana government’s Facebook page, Khama wrote:"If you really care for [Zimbabweans]‚ as you profess‚ and if you cannot find it in you to do so‚ then as a Christian‚ do so in the spirit of our Lord‚ in order to usher in a new period going forward of unity‚ peace and prosperity for Zimbabweans‚ and allow your country to be the economic powerhouse it is capable of being. "My appeal is necessitated by an unprecedented situation currently unfolding in Zimbabwe‚ whereby your own ...
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