Diplomatic Circles

Zimbabwe envoy calls for Canada to remove new president from sanctions list

'This is overdue,' says Florence Zano Chideya, whose posting in Canada began under ex-president Robert Mugabe in 2005.

Zimbabwean Ambassador Florence Zano Chideya, left, pictured with former U.S. ambassador David Jacobson in 2013, is the longest-serving head of foreign diplomatic mission resident in Canada. Her posting began in 2005.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

November 29, 2017

The ambassador of Zimbabwe thinks it’s “overdue” for Canada to remove the new president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from its sanctions list.

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