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Germany's ambassador to Zambia and special representative to COMESA, Anne Wagner-Mitchell (left) alongside Zambia's Ambassador to Germany Winnie Chibesakunda.
Germany's ambassador to Zambia and special representative to COMESA, Anne Wagner-Mitchell (left) alongside Zambia's Ambassador to Germany Winnie Chibesakunda.
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Germany's ambassador to Zambia and special representative to COMESA, Anne Wagner-Mitchell declined Christmas gifts from a CEO of a Zambian company because the presents violated the ethics of German government officials.

In rejecting the gifts listed - among others, a power bank, a flash drive, and a thermos flask with a digital temperature display - she said she was "compelled to avoid even the appearance of gaining any personal advantage or to be susceptible to influence with regard to official duties".

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