Botswana recalls Zimbabwe envoys

Botswana says it is recalling two senior diplomats based in Harare in protest against the detention of three wildlife officers in Zimbabwe.

The government of Botswana said it would withdraw its intelligence and defence attaches.

It also asked Zimbabwean intelligence officers to leave Botswana.

The diplomatic row began three weeks ago with the arrest of three Batswana gamekeepers who had strayed across the border while tracking a lion.

Botswana has been one of the few neighbours of Zimbabwe to criticise the human rights record of President Robert Mugabe.