Zimbabwe and Zambia meet to discuss terrorism
Following recent terrorist attacks in Mali and France, Zimbabwe and Zambia met in Lusaka last week to discuss how to improve terror alerts, according to Zimbabwe state security minister Kembo Mohadi.
“We are seized with the matter. We are not sitting on our laurels because what happened in France and lately in Mali is an issue of global concern. It can also happen to us. We are alert,” he told local media on Sunday.
He said Zimbabwe and Zambia met last week under a joint permanent commission on defence and security.
“Zimbabwe is a signatory to anti-terrorism protocols through Interpol and other international bodies.”
He said Zimbabwe was also working on intelligence with all 15 SADC member states.
Zimbabwe was also concerned at Al-Shabaab attacks in April at the Garissa University in eastern Kenya in which 147 students were killed.
Records show that very few migrants attempt to apply for refugee status in Zimbabwe.
Home Affairs officials in Harare say most African migrants are only passing through Zimbabwe on their way to South Africa.
Even during the apartheid era it was difficult for South Africans to achieve refugee status in Zimbabwe.