Decision to pull out of Commonwealth ‘illegal’

ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe appeared more isolated than ever after he pulled his country out of the Commonwealth, a move the opposition in the impoverished southern African country slammed as illegal.

Decision to pull out of Commonwealth ‘illegal’

Analysts warned yesterday that while the ordinary person might not yet feel the pinch of pulling out of the Commonwealth, there was concern over Zimbabwe’s growing isolation.

Mugabe and scores of his close associates have been under targeted sanctions imposed by the EU and the US following disputed presidential polls in March last year that saw the veteran leader re-elected for a fresh six-year term in office.

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