Zim, Zambia fallout an unwarranted diplomatic impasse

Zambia says it has asked the African Union (AU) and Sadc to intervene amid deteriorating relations with Harare following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “unwarranted attacks” on the country’s sovereignty.

The revelations were made last week in Zambia’s Parliament where its Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation minister Mulambo Haimbe expressed concern over Mnangagwa’s remarks made in Russia.

“It is in this context that we have sought the regional bodies’ urgent and immediate intervention in relation to the present and any other matters in seeming contention between Zimbabwe and ourselves,” he said.

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