The presidents of Zimbabwe and Botswana – two leaders who recently took power in contrasting fashions – met in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, L last Monday.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from the long-serving and authoritarian former Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, following a military intervention in the country last November.
In Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi was sworn in as President on the first of this month after his predecessor, Ian Khama, voluntarily stepped down. Masisi said his visit to Zimbabwe was part of his tour of the southern African region to pay courtesy calls on regional leaders.
Since his inauguration in November, Mnangagwa has sought to repair relations with countries that were viewed as rivals by Mugabe.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe’s foreign ministry has announced that it has invited the US and the European Union to observe the country’s general elections planned to be held in July.
