Zambia: President Lungu Asks U.S To Withdraw Ambassador Over Gay Row - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2019
ThePresident of Zambia, Edgar Lungu says his government has asked the UnitedStates to withdraw its diplomat, Daniel Foote, after he criticised the jailingof two men for being in a gay relationship.
Footesaid he was disturbed last month, when a judge sentenced the men to fifteenyears in prison. He called on the government to review the case.
PresidentLungu added that he did not want people like Foote in the country, saying he iswaiting for a answer from Washington.
Inanother development, the alienated wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice-PresidentConstantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, is expected to appear in court to facecharges of money laundering and fraud today, Monday.
Thecorruption charges arise from an alleged attempt to forge a marriagecertificate without her husband’s consent while he was sick.
Thecouple is normally married, after Chiwenga paid a bride price to her parents in2011.
Marryis being held at Rhodesville police station in the capital, Harare, after beingarrested on Saturday. She has not commented on the charges.