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US asked Botswana to put pressure on Mugabe to go

by Charles Rukuni 13 years ago13 years ago

United States assistant secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson asked Botswana vice-president Mompati Merafhe to use the Southern African Development Community to put pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to go because the United States could not help Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai without aiding Mugabe. This was only six months after the formation of the inclusive government.

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The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.