After five years in power 80-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa exerts a wrestler's grip on the ruling party sidelining his main rival...
It may be a relief for allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa however that a predicted flare-up of tensions between Zimbabwe's leader and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga has not materialised ahead of the five-yearly meeting (AC Vol 62 No 23 Cracks in ZANU-PF edifice)...
International diplomacy has not been Ruto's strongest suit after he was reported to have made gratuitous insults against Congo-Kinshasa although he has effectively courted Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa...
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The latest crash in the value of the Zimbabwe dollar comes in the wake of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's order on 7 May to all banks to stop lending and help to stabilise the financial system...
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After a week in which the Zimbabwe dollar lost over 40% of its value against its United States' counterpart and President Emmerson Mnangagwa banned banks from lending the government's economic managers are casting around for radical solutions (Dispatches 10/5/22 Mnangagwa bans banks from lending as the Zim dollar implodes)...
Two conclusions emerge from the results of the by-elections for 28 parliamentary seats and 122 council seats on 26 March: that the ruling party's strategy of dividing the opposition has run aground and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority over the party will diminish further because its poor electoral showing...
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The US also said that Tagwirei had benefitted from his relationship with President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
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Particularly worrying for President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the CCC's strong performance in Midlands his political base...
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On 24 January President Emmerson Mnangagwa's main opponent in the last general elections Nelson Chamisa launched a new political party hoping to close the chapter of rivalries and splits that marked the demise of the country's dominant opposition party for over 20 years the late Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)...
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed him Minister of State for Security in 2018 the news was released quietly after the announcement of the official post-election cabinet which had been padded with 'reformist' candidates like finance minister Mthuli Ncube and sports minister Kirsty Coventry intended to demonstrate goodwill to the West...