Nairobi — Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan offered Mr Robert Mugabe a lucrative retirement package in an overseas haven if he stood down as Zimbabwe's president, leaked diplomatic cables reveal.
Mr Annan allegedly made the offer at the millennium summit of world leaders in New York, a memo drawn up by US officials, which was obtained by the WikiLeaks website says.
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