Former President Robert Mugabe was offered asylum by his visiting old time friend Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the president of Equatorial Guinea.

Nguema offered the ageing former leader asylum if he needs it.

Obiang met Mugabe at his private mansion in Harare on Friday and Mugabe had a few complaints about the way he’s been treated.

“You should be glad they left you alive.”

That was what Equatorial Guinea president Obiang Nguema told his former ally Mugabe when they met for a tete a tete, closely watched by high-ranking ministers from the new Zimbabwe government.

The Standard newspaper says that Obiang stated that Mugabe could have asylum in Equatorial Guinea if he needed it.