Zimbabweans slammed Britain this week for proposing to extend visa requirements for more African countries, New Ziana reported on Sunday.
Analysts said the move would affect trade between Britain and Africa. They said visas should not be there. "The world in moving towards the elimination of visas," said a commentator. "It is sad to see Britain wanting to extend stringent requirements on other nationals."
The move would prompt other countries to impose visas on foreign visitors.
Britain said the visas were meant to curb crime and tighten security for its citizens.
Last week Britain announced that it could expand visa requirement to 11 more countries to include Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius and Swaziland.
Other Southern Africa Development Community countries already on the British visa list were Zimbabwe, Angola and Malawi.
Nationals from more than 100 countries, making three-quarters of global population, need visas to enter Britain.
Source:Xinhua
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