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ZIMBABWE: Ambassadors Row

ZIMBABWE: Ambassadors Row Mugabe has issued threats of retaliation if diplomatic appointments are not respected. President Robert Mugabe and the Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai are at loggerheads over several key appointments and the impasse is now threatening the inclusive government formed in February 2009, reports The Nation (18/10) . Mid‐month, Mr Tsvangirai wrote to the United Nations ( UN ), the European Union ( EU ) and some European countries stating his position that appointments made unilaterally by Mugabe were “null and void”, as they were done without consultation. Ambassadors appointed solely by Mugabe do not speak on behalf of the whole government, he said and asked them not to recognise the envoys. Tsvangirai wrote a series of letters stating his position that appointments made unilaterally by Mugabe were “null and void” as they were done without consultation. This included a letter to EU president Jose Manuel Baroso and letters to the UN and four countries. The UN has since said it cannot expel Zimbabwean ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa, but urged the coalition government to abide by the Global Political Agreement (GPA). While the UN has made it clear that it cannot throw out the ambassadors, the EU has demanded an explanation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2010
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2010.03539.x
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Abstract

Mugabe has issued threats of retaliation if diplomatic appointments are not respected. President Robert Mugabe and the Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai are at loggerheads over several key appointments and the impasse is now threatening the inclusive government formed in February 2009, reports The Nation (18/10) . Mid‐month, Mr Tsvangirai wrote to the United Nations ( UN ), the European Union ( EU ) and some European countries stating his position that appointments made unilaterally by Mugabe were “null and void”, as they were done without consultation. Ambassadors appointed solely by Mugabe do not speak on behalf of the whole government, he said and asked them not to recognise the envoys. Tsvangirai wrote a series of letters stating his position that appointments made unilaterally by Mugabe were “null and void” as they were done without consultation. This included a letter to EU president Jose Manuel Baroso and letters to the UN and four countries. The UN has since said it cannot expel Zimbabwean ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa, but urged the coalition government to abide by the Global Political Agreement (GPA). While the UN has made it clear that it cannot throw out the ambassadors, the EU has demanded an explanation

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2010

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