Search
  1. Home
  2. Southern Africa
  3. Zimbabwe

Delegation to meet British government

    JOHANNESBURG

    Britain's Foreign Office Minister, Peter Hain said on Wednesday that the Zimbabwean government has agreed to send a "high-powered" delegation to London next week for talks on the land crisis.

    News reports said Zimbabwe's delegation will be led by Local Government Minister John Nkomo. Britain's Foreign Secretary Robin Cook recently invited Mugabe to send a delegation to London to discuss President Robert Mugabe's demands that Britain, as the former colonial power, should pay compensation
    for white-owned land that the Zimbabwean government plans to seize in order to resettle landless blacks.

    Cook was reported as saying: "I am glad we now have a date when a delegation will come to London. We have always said we are willing to help fund a programme of land reform, but it's got to be within the rule of law, to help the real rural poor."

    Hundreds of white-owned farms have been invaded by supporters of Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party led by liberation war veterans over the last two months. At least four people have died in the last week in the ongoing conflict, including two white farmers and two supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join