By Simba Chikanza | 5 returning Zimbabweans are currently stranded in London due to a standoff between Britain and the Zimbabwean ambassador.

The Zim envoy to London has refused to assist UK Govt in releasing travel documents for volunteering returnees, in protest over the UK’s failure to title him, “His Excellency, Ret Col Christian Katsande,” in their correspondence letters. The British are simply calling him by his work title, ambassador.

This adds fuel to the fire between the two nations days after the former colonial power imposed sanctions on four of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s top security chiefs, one of whom is set to be appointed Foreign Affairs Minister.

ZimEye speaks to some of these returnees today.

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