Zimbabwe: Britain Denies Visa For Minister of Mines
Britain
has denied Zimbabwe's Mines Minister visa, for an
investment conference, fuelling anger in President
Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF over continued Western
sanctions on its officials.
A representative of the Zimbabwean High Commission
in London said the Minister had been excluded
because he was on the British government's banned
list as a member of Mugabe's circle.
Chairman of Omega Investment Mining Partners and one
of the conference organisers, Denis Worrall said
Mpofu was absent because he had been denied a visa.
The Minister had wanted to travel to London to
address a conference on investment opportunities in
the southern African country.
Mugabe formed a unity government in February with ,
Morgan Tsvangirai, now Prime Minister, to try to end
an economic and political crisis, worsened last year
by a disputed presidential poll.
REUTERS/ QASIM/Austeen