Zimbabwe: Acerbic Attacks Prolong Bad Boy Image

THE art of diplomacy is the defining element of a state, but what we have seen this week with Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi is the destruction of the state as his actions have cast Zimbabwe as a rogue member of the international community.

On Tuesday Mumbengegwi, taking a leaf from President Robert Mugabe, lashed out at Western diplomats telling them that the country was not a "candidate for humanitarian assistance" as it had the capacity to look after itself.

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