Mugabe must go - Clinton

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Washington - The departure of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe would be in "the best interests of everyone", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview distributed here on Wednesday.

Clinton also told South African state television that the United States would not resume aid to the Zimbabwean government as long as it could not be sure it would reach the people concerned.

"I think that would be in the best interests of everyone," Clinton told her interviewer who asked "would you like to see President Mugabe go first before you can come in"?

The interview was conducted on Tuesday, but distributed by the State Department on Wednesday.

- AFP