Africa: When 'Democracy' Becomes 'Regime Change'

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This week Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa and of its ruling African National Congress (ANC), was extremely preoccupied preparing for the party's national conference which would elect his successor as party leader. So the party's chairperson Baleka Mbete represented him at the biennial summit meeting of the FLM in Zimbabwe.

The FLM? Yes, it's not a familiar acronym. But according to a statement released by the ANC's sub-committee on international relations last week, it stands for the 'Former Liberation Movement' - or perhaps that should be 'Former Liberation Movements' (plural).

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