Zimbabwe: Mugabe Takes Begging Bowl to Far-Off Japan

President  Robert Mugabe has lined up a number of critical bilateral meetings with his purported "all-weather friends" when he goes for the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month as he seeks a financial rescue package in a bid to avoid a looming economic implosion.

This comes as Mugabe and his officials are planning to visit far-flung Japan to cultivate ties and seek help after failing to get any meaningful funding from Brics giants like China, Russia and South Africa.

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