Zimbabwe’s fight with UK ‘is over’

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that his country’s decades long quarrel with the UK is over, reports the Herald newsaper.

For years, former President Robert Mugabe railed against Britain and its political leaders as they opposed his land reforms, his persecution of white farmers and his management of Zimbabwe’s economy.

In 1997, Tony Blair’s government pulled out of talks to fund Mr Mugabe’s land reforms and Mr Mugabe accused the British of meddling in his country’s affairs by funding his political opponents.

Britain began to withdraw development aid and sanctions were imposed on the president and his inner circle.

Mr Mnangagwa, who has been president since November, said at a rally yesterday that this era is finished.

BBC

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