Zimbabwe Rejoices the Mpeketoni Attacks, Urges Tourists To Visit Zimbabwe Instead

If there’s one neighour totally rejoicing Kenya’s frequent terror attacks, it has to be Zimbabwe… or at least the guy running their ruling party’s Twitter account.
Yesterday, the account posted a series of tweets all but rejoicing Kenya’s situation. They went as far as referring to us as a war zone.



“Kenyans should be honest about the situation. It would be reckless to encourage tourists to go into a war zone.” read one tweet.
Another tweet read, “White people of lots of money wanting to visit Africa, don’t risk your life in Kenya- come to Zimbabwe for a safe holiday.”
It’s not clear whether that’s the official position of the government, but that would be doubtful.
Here are some of the other tweets.

White people of lots of money wanting to visit Africa, don't risk your life in Kenya- come to Zimbabwe for a safe holiday.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

The truth is Kenya is no longer a safe tourist destination, nor is Iraq.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

Kenya and Botswana are merely military bases for the West.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

We love Kenya, but it is in crisis.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

Kenyans should be honest about the situation. It would be reckless to encourage tourists to go into a war zone.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

Remember you cannot drink the water in Kenya and there is no internet. #chooseZimforholiday
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

It is very sad that it is no longer safe to go on holiday 2Kenya. While they fix their problems - consider visiting Zimbabwe the paradise.
— ZANU PF (@zanu_pf) June 17, 2014

UPDATE: We have since established that @zanu_pf is a fake account. Reports from Zimbabwean media say that the government is after the guy running the account. The official ZANU PF account is @ZANUPF_Official.

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