Botswana condemns Zim for locking out UN official

Though the MDC-T part of the government of national unity had invited the UN official, President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party are said to be against the visit. Nowak was invited by Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai only to be denied entry into Zimbabwe by immigration officials. Nowak was expected to spend eight days in the country.

The development comes a few days after Tsvangirai and his MDC-T colleagues walked out of the government of unity, citing frustration over ZANU-PF's lack of commitment to the Global Political Agreement (GPA), under which the coalition was formed.