Zimbabwe's ruling party has threatened the US ambassador with expulsion accusing him of funding anti-government protests scheduled for the end of the week, AP News reported.

Ruling ZANU-PF party spokesman Patrick Chinamasa Monday noted the US Ambassador Brian Nichols and a "coterie of gangsters" should stop "mobilizing and funding disturbances, coordinating violence and training insurgency. Our leadership will not hesitate to give him marching orders." 

He noted: "Diplomats should not behave like thugs, and Brian Nichols is a thug."