HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? U.S. critics of Zimbabwe's human rights record "can go and hang on a banana tree," a Zimbabwean official said in comments published Tuesday, while he also indicated that the southern African country is waiting for an overture from the administration of President Donald Trump.
"We are waiting for a cue from a new government," Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper quoted presidential spokesman George Charamba as saying. Charamba also denounced U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. as "a leftover from a terrible era," an apparent reference to past U.S. administrations that have had testy relations with Zimbabwe's longtime leader, Robert Mugabe.
On Monday, the U.S. Embassy expressed deep concern about what it called the "continuing deterioration" of human rights in Zimbabwe. The American statement followed the arrest last week of Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor who launched a popular protest movement on social media dubbed #ThisFlag.
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"We are waiting for a cue from a new government," Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper quoted presidential spokesman George Charamba as saying. Charamba also denounced U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. as "a leftover from a terrible era," an apparent reference to past U.S. administrations that have had testy relations with Zimbabwe's longtime leader, Robert Mugabe.
On Monday, the U.S. Embassy expressed deep concern about what it called the "continuing deterioration" of human rights in Zimbabwe. The American statement followed the arrest last week of Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor who launched a popular protest movement on social media dubbed #ThisFlag.
Read more: Zimbabwe to US critics: 'Go and hang on a banana tree' | Daily Mail Online
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