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Zimbabwe President mugabe Aspiring to be president of the whole of Africa

Opinion by Pauline Henson While Zimbabweans in the UK diaspora were shivering in the snow, their families and friends at home were being pelted with non-stop rain. Robert Mugabe and the late Libyan president Colonel Muammar Gaddafi At Vice-President John Nkomo’s … read more »

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Mugabe deputy John Nkomo dies after cancer battle

Zimbabwean Vice-President John Nkomo died on Thursday after treatment for cancer in South Africa, President Robert Mugabe said, removing a potential successor to the ageing leader who has his own health problems. Nkomo, 78, was nominated for the joint number … read more »

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Why Mugabe Would Have Aging Cronies Die In Office

By Nkosana Dlamini Harare Zimbabwe could now have earned itself this not so impressive distinction of being a country that has witnessed the death of three sitting Vice Presidents in a single decade. Then Vice Presidents Joshua Nkomo died in … read more »

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Zimbabwe, Unicef buy $85m books for schools

Harare – The Zimbabwean government and Unicef on Thursday launched an $85m fund to buy textbooks for secondary schools in an effort to revive the education sector after years of inadequate funding. The donation will pay for seven million textbooks, … read more »

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Zimbabwe church leaders sucked into Wikileaks revelations

WIKILEAKS cables reveal that in 2006 some church leaders intended to court Zanu-PF to participate in activities that would lead to regime change. The Mutare “bishops troika” comprising Trevor Manhanga (Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe) Patrick Mutume (Catholic Church) and Sebastian … read more »

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MUGABE IS NOW TOO EXPENSIVE TO LOOK AFTER

It’s a well known fact that our “beloved” president Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF chums have a deposition for travel – holidays, shopping trips and now in desperation for Robert, health reasons. It comes as no surprise that in six … read more »

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Mugabe aims to live to 100

Speculation about his health is greater than ever and new names are emerging as supposed front-runners in the race to succeed him, but Robert Mugabe is in no hurry to leave. The latest politician to be touted as Zimbabwe’s heir … read more »

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Zimbabwean President Mugabe In Fresh Bid To Mend Ties With Pretoria

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe flew to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday for an extraordinary summit of the African Union focused on the Libyan crisis. He was expected to take the opportunity to do some damage control with South Africa following … read more »

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