Zimbabwe: Embassy Official Booed in Masvingo

24 January 2014

Masvingo — There was drama at Masvingo Civic Centre on Wednesday evening, after a US embassy staffer was booed and heckled by youths protesting the illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.The youths booed and heckled programme assistant of the Zimbabwe-United States Alumni Association (ZUSAA), Ms Corra-Leigh Magiya Magiya, during a question-and-answer session after her presentation on the Business Entrepreneur Exchange Programme.

The programme is under the Young African Leaders Initiative which every year sends about 50 local youths to the US for training in business and entrepreneurship, public management and civic leadership.

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