FORMER Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith returned this week to Zimbabwe after more than a month abroad, amid threats by the government to prosecute him for war crimes. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe last month threatened to bring Smith to trial for genocide and other crimes committed during the war to end white minority rule here, when the nation was known as Rhodesia. Smith, 81, waged a bitter struggle against guerrilla forces commanded by Mugabe in the 1970s. Asked how he was treated by customs officials here upon his return from London, Smith said they just told him, “Hello Mister Smith.” – AFP