Zimbabwe will not rejoin the Commonwealth anytime soon, says British ambassador
09 December 2019 - 20:40
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to re-engage with the Commonwealth took a knock on Monday when the UK’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie Robinson, ruled out the possibility.
Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth, a 53-member grouping made up largely of former British colonies, in 2003 at the height of late former president Robert Mugabe’s violent land reform programme. SA is a member of the grouping...
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