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Zimbabwe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Date of Birth: 21 February 1924
Place of Birth: Zvimba
Died: 6 September 2019


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Sodom and tomorrow

Most provincial congresses would vote for no change with President Robert Mugabe as First Secretary Msika as Senior Second Secretary Joice Mujuru as Junior Second Secretary and John Nkomo as Chairman...


Greed, gold and grit

More arrests more vexatious court verdicts against the Movement for Democratic Change thanks to President Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the judiciary...


After Msika - a new pecking order

President Robert Mugabe regards him as dependable and studiously neutral in the factional fighting between supporters of the former Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief General (retired) Solomon Mujuru and current Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa...


Shiri salutes, sort of

To ensure everyone knows who is boss a directive to the state media decreed that Robert Mugabe must always be referred to as President and Commander in Chief...


Parliamentary prosecutions

A rowdy session is in prospect following parliament's return after the winter recess and President Robert Mugabe's determination to regain control of it...


Coalition chaos

After last March's elections Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC faction won 100 seats and Arthur Mutambara's MDC faction won ten seats giving the two MDC factions a comfortable majority over President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front which won 100 seats...


Tsvangirai carries the can

Tsvangirai had the tougher mission of persuading Western countries wedded to the view that any government allowing Robert Mugabe to stay on as President was almost doomed to repeat the patronage corruption and violence of the past or else would simply disintegrate under the weight of its own contradictions...


Tshwane's big five

Zuma's protestations against President Robert Mugabe should not be taken too seriously: he welcomed Mugabe to a regional summit in Tshwane on 20 June with a bear hug...


The hard road to a new constitution

President Robert Mugabe insists he will concede minimal ground to demands for the reform of the constitution which provides for a strong executive presidency to make all key appointments in the civil service judiciary and electoral commission...


Hanging tough

Despite the more emollient line that some European governments are taking towards the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe Carson said on 8 June that he was deeply concerned at the ‘lack of reforms’ and that there were no plans to offer new aid or lift sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his allies...


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