Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: from liberator to oppressor
By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Ed Cropley Sept 6 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation...
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Mnangagwa vows to rebuild Zimbabwe and serve all citizens
New President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out a grand vision on Friday to revitalise Zimbabwe’s ravaged economy and vowed to rule on behalf of all the...
Mnangagwa arrives home, to be sworn in as president Friday
Zimbabwe‘s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Friday, marking a new era for the country ruled by Robert Mugabe...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule
Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe‘s president on Tuesday a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe in contact with ousted vice president
By Joe Brock and MacDonald Dzirutwe Zimbabwe’s top general said on Monday talks were planned between President Robert Mugabe and former vice president...
Party set to sack Mugabe as protesters march on his residence
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party will meet on Sunday to dismiss President Robert Mugabe and reinstate the vice-president he dismissed, Emmerson Mnangagwa, two party sources told...
‘There’s no going back,’ Zimbabwe’s party tells Mugabe (Update)
Leaders of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe‘s party are making plans to force him from office if the 93-year-old leader resists pressure from the army to quit,...
Mugabe, coup chief meet with smiles and handshakes
A smiling President Robert Mugabe was pictured shaking hands with Zimbabwe’s military chief a day after the army seized power, throwing confusion over predictions that...
Tanks seen heading towards Zimbabwe capital
Four tanks were seen heading towards the Zimbabwe capital Harare on Tuesday, witnesses said, a day after the head of the armed forces said he...
Despite all her efforts Zimbabwe’s Gucci Grace will fall
Grace Mugabe, second wife of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, had a moment of awful clarity about her future three years ago. Speaking about Joice Mujuru, the...
Mugabe: Beware of death on road to presidency
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday said the route to leadership was long and full of “pitfalls and death”, as he accused his fired deputy...
Mugabe widens purge, clearing wife’s succession path
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s sacking of his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa was part of a wider purge, state media said on Tuesday, in a clear out...
Mugabe set to appoint woman deputy, all eyes on wife
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to appoint a woman deputy after a special ruling party congress next month, the first lady said on Saturday...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says government to take over all diamond operations
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe declares drought disaster
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country severely hit by a drought, with 26 per...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe purges ‘treacherous’ deputy once seen as successor
By Ed Cropley and Cris Chinaka Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe purged the deputy seen just months ago as his most likely successor, denouncing her...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe tells election critics to ‘go hang’
By Cris Chinaka Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told critics of his re-election to “go hang” on Monday, making clear he would brook no questioning of...
Mugabe party claims Zimbabwe election win, rival cries foul
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide election victory on Thursday that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of...
Zimbabwe votes in third Mugabe-Tsvangirai showdown
By Cris Chinaka Zimbabweans voted in large numbers on Wednesday in a fiercely contested election pitting veteran President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai,...
Nelson Mandela’s legacy
By Gwynne Dyer AS I WRITE this Nelson Mandela is still with us. He may even still be living at the end of this year. But...
