Mugabe lectures spies on minerals theft

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday said conflicts in Africa were being sponsored by Western powers that were out to steal the continent’s mineral resources.

Report by Everson Mushava

Officially opening the 10th conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) in Harare yesterday, Mugabe said the time had come for Africa to resist the Western “plots” and take charge of its natural resources.

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