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Africa: How the African Union Got It Wrong On Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe, 5 December 2017
FOR the first time in more than two years - the longest stretch since the late 1950s - a coup d'etat rocked a country in Africa. Late on the evening of November 14, the Zimbabwe… Read more »
Zimbabwe Power Shift - Why Did AU Not Intervene?
"Why, in contravention of its anti-coup dictum, did the AU accept the coup in Zimbabwe? What implications will this have for ending politics by force in Africa?". These are some of the questions posed by New Zimbabwe's Philip Roessler, who examines the impact of Mugabe's fall from power on the African governmental body.
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Following the recent military intervention which brought to a dramatic end former president Robert Mugabe's 37-year-old rule, his family is now scattered across different ... Read more »
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Former Zanu-PF party women's boss Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri says she gave up the ruling party Women's League post to Grace Mugabe in fear for her life after the former first lady ... Read more »
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Soon after President Robert Mugabe's resignation, unconfirmed news spread like a veldt fire that his allies had been arrested. Ever since, for ministers aligned to a faction called ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, is reportedly earmarked for one of the country's two deputy president posts ahead of Zanu-PF's extraordinary ... Read more »
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The new 22-member Cabinet left many in the country disappointed after President Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to include members of the opposition. Instead, he recycled officials from ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, 93, was reportedly offered a U.S.$10 million lump-sum payment, full monthly salary, medical cover, security, as well as protection of his ... Read more »
