Robert Mugabe told to explain claim Zimbabwe lost $15bn in income from diamonds
Harare — A committee of legislators in Zimbabwe is to summon former president Robert Mugabe to testify at a probe into lost revenue from diamond mining, a legislator said Tuesday. The legislators plan to question Mugabe over his 2016 claim that the country had lost $15bn in income from diamonds due to corruption and foreign exploitation. Mugabe — whose own regime was accused of siphoning off diamond profits — was ousted in November after a military takeover that ushered his former deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to power. "The committee resolved to call the former president to testify," Temba Mliswa, an independent legislator who chairs parliament’s committee on mines and energy, said. "He was the president, and we want to know where he was getting the $15bn figure." He said no date had yet been set to call Mugabe to testify. It was unclear whether Mugabe, who has not been seen in public since his ousting, could be forced to face a grilling from legislators. Mugabe ruled the country for...
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