...on Friday set June 27 as the date for a presidential election run-off in which the opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after almost 30 years in power. Here are some facts about Mugabe: * Once hailed as a model African democrat, Mugabe...
A new phase of Zimbabwe's long-running electoral saga opened late this week as the Harare government finally set June 27 as the date for a presidential run-off between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai amid...
...announced on Friday 2 May, five weeks after the polls. According to these Tsvangirai got 48 per cent of the vote and President Robert Mugabe won 43 per cent. However, the MDC - which has already won a majority in the parallel parliamentary election - has...
...Rhodesia, who once promised to maintain the white rule in that country for 1,000 years—answered the summons to meet with Robert Mugabe, the newly-elected prime minister of Zimbabwe. After all, the Marxist former guerilla leader had declared that he would...
Background
Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born February 21, 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician. He has been the head of government in Zimbabwe since 1980, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President. Throughout his career, Mugabe has espoused pan-Africanism and African independence and unity. In recent years, Mugabe has attracted international criticism for alleged mishandling of land reforms, economic mismanagement, and a deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Mugabe, however, attributes the country's current hyperinflation and negative growth to Western sanctions and the legacies of white minority rule.
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