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Mugabe: Obama Is Afraid Of Me & White Citizens Should
Leave Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean president says country’s remaining white
citizens should “go back to England”, and he is excluded
from summits because Western leaders fear him
President Robert Mugabe has claimed the ability to strike
fear into President Barack Obama, adding that this explains
his exclusion from summits attended by Western leaders.
“The British who are here should all go back to England,”
says Robert Mugabe Photo: Xu Lingui/ Photoshot
Zimbabwe’s leader was one of a handful of African
presidents who was pointedly not invited to attend a US-
Africa summit in Washington last month. America joined
Britain and the European Union in imposing a travel ban
and asset freeze on him 12 years ago.
But Mr Mugabe, widely condemned for human rights abuses
and rigged elections, said that fear lay behind these
decisions. Addressing an audience of supporters, he said:
“It’s your support which enables me with my small frame
to instill fear in the likes of Obama. They invite all other
leaders to meetings but say Mugabe cannot come and I
wonder whether it’s my misfortune. In the past, when we
attended these meetings, Western leaders would disappear
once they knew that I was around.”
Mr Mugabe, 90, cannot be excluded from all international
meetings. He is still able to attend United Nations
gatherings – even if they are held in a country that
enforces a travel ban – and he was a mourner at the
funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. However, he is
regarded as such a pariah that Western leaders generally
avoid him even when they are at the same event.
Mr Mugabe also denounced Zimbabwe’s few remaining
white citizens, telling them to pack their bags and go back
to Britain. “Don’t they [whites] know where their ancestors
came from?” he asked. “The British who are here should all
go back to England. We now have aeroplanes which can
take them back quicker than the ships used by their
ancestors.”
Telegraph UK
Mugabe: Obama Is Afraid Of Me & White Citizens Should
Leave Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean president says country’s remaining white
citizens should “go back to England”, and he is excluded
from summits because Western leaders fear him
President Robert Mugabe has claimed the ability to strike
fear into President Barack Obama, adding that this explains
his exclusion from summits attended by Western leaders.
“The British who are here should all go back to England,”
says Robert Mugabe Photo: Xu Lingui/ Photoshot
Zimbabwe’s leader was one of a handful of African
presidents who was pointedly not invited to attend a US-
Africa summit in Washington last month. America joined
Britain and the European Union in imposing a travel ban
and asset freeze on him 12 years ago.
But Mr Mugabe, widely condemned for human rights abuses
and rigged elections, said that fear lay behind these
decisions. Addressing an audience of supporters, he said:
“It’s your support which enables me with my small frame
to instill fear in the likes of Obama. They invite all other
leaders to meetings but say Mugabe cannot come and I
wonder whether it’s my misfortune. In the past, when we
attended these meetings, Western leaders would disappear
once they knew that I was around.”
Mr Mugabe, 90, cannot be excluded from all international
meetings. He is still able to attend United Nations
gatherings – even if they are held in a country that
enforces a travel ban – and he was a mourner at the
funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. However, he is
regarded as such a pariah that Western leaders generally
avoid him even when they are at the same event.
Mr Mugabe also denounced Zimbabwe’s few remaining
white citizens, telling them to pack their bags and go back
to Britain. “Don’t they [whites] know where their ancestors
came from?” he asked. “The British who are here should all
go back to England. We now have aeroplanes which can
take them back quicker than the ships used by their
ancestors.”
Telegraph UK
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