The Portuguese EU presidency is due to ignore the bloc's travel ban on Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and issue him a visa so that he can attend the forthcoming EU-Africa summit, scheduled for 8-9 December.
Despite recent remarks by Portuguese hosts openly suggesting they would prefer it if the controversial Zimbabwean leader did not accept the invitation, Mr Mugabe announced he would come and asked the EU authorities to take care of his travel permission.
Earlier this year, t...
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