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Mugabe arrives in Malawi
10 Feb 2014 at 06:06hrs | Views
President Mugabe arrived here yesterday to attend the African Leaders Forum on Disability. He was received by Malawian president Joyce Banda and her foreign affairs minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume.
He is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba, and other government officials.
According to the Herald the two-day forum seeks to improve the welfare of people living with intellectual disabilities in both their social and economic circumstances, and their access to basic human rights.
The President-s attendance is set to spearhead the fight for the rights of the intellectually challenged in Zimbabwe. Malawi-s President Joyce Banda, in partnership with Special Olympics and its board chairman Mr Timothy Shriver, convened the forum to challenge the inequalities facing people with disabilities.
The forum will conclude tonight with a State dinner hosted by President Banda at Kamuzu Palace.
He is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba, and other government officials.
According to the Herald the two-day forum seeks to improve the welfare of people living with intellectual disabilities in both their social and economic circumstances, and their access to basic human rights.
The President-s attendance is set to spearhead the fight for the rights of the intellectually challenged in Zimbabwe. Malawi-s President Joyce Banda, in partnership with Special Olympics and its board chairman Mr Timothy Shriver, convened the forum to challenge the inequalities facing people with disabilities.
The forum will conclude tonight with a State dinner hosted by President Banda at Kamuzu Palace.
Source - The Herald
