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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Rambling 20-Minute Speech in Full
This is Africa, 20 November 2017
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was expected to announce his resignation on Sunday night' but he rather made a long speech in which he said the ongoing military operation has not… Read more »
Zimbabweans Angered by Mugabe's Refusal to Resign
Zimbabweans have been left angered and confused after President Robert Mugabe failed to resign. They had gathered around televisions in anticipation of Mugabe's resignation, but instead the embattled president said he would preside over Zanu-PF's next congress in December. The party says Mugabe has until noon on Monday to resign, or he will be impeached on Tuesday.
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20 November 2017
Mugabe Fails to Announce Expected Resignation
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Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has defied his own Zanu-PF party and hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding his resignation. The embattled ... see more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Non-Resignation Speech May Be Part of a Strategy
Daily Maverick, 20 November 2017
The day after a historic solidarity march against President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabweans anticipated that the 93-year-old would step down after almost four decades of rule. SALLY… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Speech a 'Show of Defiance'
News24Wire, 19 November 2017
Zimbabweans have been left angered and confused after President Robert Mugabe failed to resign, but instead delivered a cryptic speech. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: What the Ruling Zanu-PF Decided - Full Text
The Herald, 20 November 2017
Statement by Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Cde Patrick Chinamasa after yesterday's Central Committee meeting. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe to Face Impeachment This Week?
DW, 19 November 2017
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has defied widespread calls to quit as president, telling the nation he would "preside" over his party's next congress. This follows his dismissal as… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Youth League Slams 'Uncultured' First Lady
The Herald, 20 November 2017
GRACE Mugabe lacked grooming and true motherhood as shown by her foul language during interface rallies, the Zanu-PF Youth League said yesterday. The wing also called for the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Exiled Paul Siwela Says No to Mnangagwa Presidency
New Zimbabwe, 19 November 2017
SELF-EXILED secessionist Matabeleland Liberation Organisation (MLO) leader, Paul Siwela, has welcomed the military move to oust President Mugabe saying the long-time ruler caused… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Party Reinstates Suspended Members, Recalls Vice President Mphoko
The Herald, 19 November 2017
A special Zanu-PF Central Committee meeting is currently underway in Harare to recall the revolutionary party's First Secretary Cde Robert Mugabe from his position.The meeting is… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Recall Is Historical - Mpofu
News24Wire, 19 November 2017
Zanu-PF members who voted for President Robert Mugabe to be recalled are part of a "historical moment". Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Speech Leaves People Confused and Dejected
Daily Maverick, 20 November 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe clung to the vestiges of office on Sunday, using a TV address to maintain he was still in power despite a military takeover and a mounting… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: A Fistful of Hours and Mugabe Survives, for Now
Daily Maverick, 20 November 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe stunned his country by refusing to resign on Sunday night, despite being warned by his own ruling Zanu-PF party that he would be impeached if he… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: When Is a Coup Not a Coup?
Daily Maverick, 20 November 2017
J. BROOKS SPECTOR contemplates the extraordinary developments in Zimbabwe and remembers how a putative revolt, half a world away and half a century ago, gives rise to questions… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Good Coup, Bad Coup?
ISS, 17 November 2017
Uncertainty, intrigue and fake news have characterised recent days and events in Zimbabwe. Following the confirmation of a bloodless military coup in which President Robert Mugabe… Read more »
InFocus
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In astonishing scenes on Sunday night, President Robert Mugabe did not resign as expected. It was widely expected that Mugabe would announce that he was stepping down after ... Read more »
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President Robert Mugabe addressed Zimbabweans on television on Sunday night, acknowledging discontent in party and country, but failed to meet expectations that he would announce ... Read more »
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Zimbabweans woke up at the weekend to read in Harare's daily, The Herald, that eight provincial structures of the ruling Zanu-PF had called on President Robert Mugabe Read more »
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It would be wiser for countries like Russia and China which is Zimbabwe's biggest investor, to play it safe and not antagonise the major political players, so that they have ... Read more »
