DIPLOMAT East Africa - Volume 20

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•IMMUNITIES & IMPUNITIES

Heard and Quoted “My genuine intention has been betrayed and have had to search long and hard for the meaning of this well-choreographed drama that has now been hijacked to cause political damage on my person and character. This relationship has been irretrievable damaged to a point where marriage is now inconceivable,” – Zimbabwe Premier, Morgan Tsvangirai, 59, of his alleged 12-day “marriage” to 39-year old Lorcadia Karimatsenga Tembo.

“We have to realise that the law makes a difference between the soldier or terrorist or a policeman or criminal. There is a difference!” – Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Deputy Chief Prosecutor, who is tipped to take over from Moreno Ocampo.

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December 2011 - January 2012

“I am not dead. Maybe my coffin is on the way, maybe I have forgotten it at the airport,” – Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi President, after a three-week disappearance in Macau, China for a “holiday”.

“I think he’s come back for good, because this is the fourth month now, and it is a long time he has been requesting to be brought back here,” – Zimsile Gamakulu, Leader of Walks, Nelson Mandela Museum, speaking at Mandela’s childhood home, Qunu.


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