Namibian President Accuses British PM of Fanning Land Crisis in Zimbabwe

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Namibian President Accuses British PM of Fanning Land Crisis in Zimbabwe

Namibian President Sam Nujomahas accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair of fanning the land crisis in Zimbabwe.

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Namibian President Sam Nujomahas accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair of fanning the land crisis in Zimbabwe.

Speaking at the opening of the final three-day high-level segment of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Nujoma singled out Blair -- who was present among the heads of state listening to him -- and criticized the British leader for pursuing sanctions against Zimbabwe.

He said Blair, together with the United States and the European Union, had "campaigned" for the sanctions, and called for these to be lifted immediately.

"The land is colonized by more than 100,000 British colonists," who owned 78 percent of the land in Zimbabwe, he said.

"Don't come here and tell us things are not right," Nujoma warned, apparently referring to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's policy of dispossessing white farmers in that country.

Referring to the slave trade of past centuries, Nujoma said African people were the "underdogs of the world".

"We, the African people, have suffered more than anyone in the world," he said.

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