AMERICAN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SENDS "SPECIAL MESSAGE" TO MNANGAGWA
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has been alerted that the new American ambassador to Zimbabwe will carry a special message from Donald Trump to the Zimbabwean leader, sources within government tell us. The message is said to be "friendly". It is an interesting development in the wake of a memo sent by two US senators, both of whom are anti-Trump, to the main Foreign Relations Committee in the American Senate declaring that the elections in Zimbabwe are not free and fair even before they are held. The reason for the unusual step of alerting Mnangagwa's team to the special message is that Washington would like the new ambassador to be received by Mnangagwa before the elections. If that happens, as is looking likely, it would be the fastest reception of a foreign ambassador by the Head of State in Zimbabwe's entire history. That is because Ambassador Brian Nichols is only expected to be Zimbabwe a week before the elections. During his confirmat...