ESIGODINI (Zimbabwe), Dec 9: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday accused United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland of being a ‘hypocrite and a liar’ and said he would refuse to accept future emissaries from the world body if they were British agents.

Mr Mugabe told a conference of his ruling ZANU-PF party that UN humanitarian affairs and relief coordinator Jan Egeland had gone out of his way to insult and misrepresent Zimbabwe after he ended a four-day tour of the country this week.

“You can see how they raise this, so that the rest of the international community can say ‘human rights in Zimbabwe are being violated, people are suffering’ in the hope that the United Nations can support the British in their evil campaign to try and have control here,” Mr Mugabe said.—Reuters