Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Epic Fallout With War Vets

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President Robert Mugabe probably owes his survival since the turn of the millennium to Zimbabwe's militant former liberation war fighters whom he routinely rewards with various favours including money and land for mobilising voters during tough elections.

Beginning with the watershed 2000 elections, the war veterans became the 92-year-old leader's storm troopers as he grew unpopular and became a hard sell to a population hit by unprecedented economic meltdown.

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