Zimbabwe: Court Opens Inquest Into Ex-Army Chief's Death

Zimbabwe on Monday opened a court inquest into the death of former army chief Solomon Mujuru, who was killed last year in a mysterious inferno, in a case that has roiled President Robert Mugabe's party.

He died in August in a fire at his farmhouse in Beatrice, south of Harare, deepening the divide within Mugabe's ZANU-PF party where the general's wife, Vice President Joice Mujuru leads a faction perceived as its more moderate wing.

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