Robert Mugabe - Politicians
"Robert Gabriel Mugabe" (born on February 21, 1924) is the President of Zimbabwe. He has served as the head of government since 1980, as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as the first executive President since 1987. Mugabe is an outspoken, controversial and polarizing figure. His relationship with the former colonial power, the United Kingdom, has been particularly contentious; he is characterized as a violent dictator in the British press, and he in turn denounces the British establishment as inveterate colonialists. Since the run-off election of 2008 his legitimacy as president has been called into question; the G8 ....more
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Tsvangirai assures wife's death was an accident (Extra)
Mar 9, 2009, 12:40 GMT
Harare - Zimbabwe's grieving Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday called on his supporters to accept the death of his wife Susan in a weekend car crash as a genuine accident in an attempt to quash speculation of foul play. ... more
Mugabe marks birthday with lavish celebration (2nd Roundup)
Feb 28, 2009, 16:24 GMT
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe/Johannesburg - Supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe gathered in the farming town of Chinhoyi on Saturday to mark their leader's 85th birthday at a lavish party, as more than half the country's population faces abject poverty. ... more
Prime Minister Tsvangirai promises change in Zimbabwe (3rd Roundup)
Feb 11, 2009, 15:02 GMT
Harare/Johannesburg - Following his historic swearing-in Wednesday as prime minister, Zimbabwe's longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday pledged to work to end the country's humanitarian crisis and called for a process of national healing. ... more
Zimbabwe's MDC relents; votes to join Mugabe government (2nd Roundup)
Jan 30, 2009, 14:36 GMT
Johannesburg/Harare - Zimbabwe's longtime opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Friday voted to go into government with President Robert Mugabe Zanu-PF, ending the party's nearly five-month campaign for a more equitable power-sharing deal. ... more
Zimbabwe opposition says powersharing 'political suicide' (Roundup)
Jan 18, 2009, 13:37 GMT
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition said Sunday it will not 'commit political suicide' by entering into a government with President Robert Mugabe without the power to deliver change. ... more
