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Uganda: After Mugabe, All Eyes Are On Museveni - How Long Can He Cling to Power?
The Conversation Africa, 22 November 2017
On 21 November, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe resigned as president under intense pressure from the military, his own party, and mass protests. The news was celebrated on the… Read more »
What African Leaders Can Learn From #MugabeResigns
The resignation of 93-year-old Robert Mugabe holds lessons for other African leaders who have become too fond of the trappings of power.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, DR Congo's Joseph Kabila, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Congo Brazzaville's President Dennis Sassou-Nguesso, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Cameroon's Paul Biya.
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Africa: Mugabe, Like Mobutu and Gaddafi, Clung On Knowing He Had to Go
Nation, 22 November 2017
There are five lessons to be gleaned from Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe's meltdown. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: If Mugabe Had Failed, He Would Be a World Darling
Fahamu, 23 November 2017
Like Uganda's Amin - but unlike South Africa's Mandela - Robert Mugabe fully understood that national liberation meant little if it was not underpinned by popular economic… Read more »
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Zambia: 'Hichilema Should Learn From Mugabe About Overstaying'
Zambia Reports, 23 November 2017
MMD youth Prince Ndoyi says it is a mark of hypocrisy for UPND members and its leader Hakainde Hichilema to celebrate the down fall of former Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe when the… Read more »
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Africa: What Mugabe's Troubles Teach Us About a Dictator's Art Form
Nation, 15 November 2017
This week has offered a feast of dramatic news, thanks to the events in the fair land of Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Africa: Mugabe's Fall Should Serve As a Lesson to All
Zambia Reports, 23 November 2017
The fall of comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe provides valuable lessons to many an upcoming politician. But perhaps more valuable would be lessons for those that walk around the centre… Read more »
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Africa: Zimbabwe and the African Tragedy
This Day, 23 November 2017
There is a temptation to hail the outcome of the 'military coup' in Zimbabwe that eventually led to the ouster of President Robert Mugabe as a triumph of popular will. That would… Read more »
InFocus
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Emmerson Mnangagwa has been inaugurated as president, as the Human Rights Watch group calls on the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to explain the claimed arrests and detention without ... Read more »
