Zimbabwe envoy to Australia 'defects'

[Jimbuna]

Looks like it took someone an awful long time to wake up and smell the coffee

The Zimbabwean ambassador to Australia has claimed asylum, branding President Robert Mugabe's government "illegitimate", local media report.

The Canberra Times newspaper posted a video of Jacqueline Zwambila saying that July's elections in Zimbabwe had been "stolen".

"There's no way I would feel safe to be in Zimbabwe or go back," she said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25528507