{"id":23868,"date":"2020-06-02T22:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=23868"},"modified":"2020-06-02T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:15:09","slug":"us-zim-diplomatic-row-eascalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/us-zim-diplomatic-row-eascalates","title":{"rendered":"US, Zim diplomatic row eascalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda, describing the US as \u201cevil and killing blacks at will\u201d.<span id=\"more-3096224744050540\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Matemadanda\u2019s comments came after the Zanu PF youth league also issued a statement describing the continuous killing of black Americans as \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d being perpetrated by the US.<\/p>\n<p>President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s spokesperson George Charamba has also waded into the fight saying the President Donald Trump administration was failing to protect its own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Remarks by Zanu PF and government officials have angered the US with Trump\u2019s security adviser, Robert O\u2019Brien, naming Zimbabwe as one of the countries whose statements over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week have \u201cfomented unrest\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda, describing the US as \u201cevil and killing blacks at will\u201d. 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