News about Zimbabwe that you can use
One of the principal negotiators for the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Nicholas Goche was holding talks with the Movement for Democratic Change regarding President Robert Mugabe’s exit, days after the 29 March 2008 elections.
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The United States embassy put its citizens on alert on 30 March 2008 after it had received reports that President Robert Mugabe was planning to announce himself winner of the presidential elections that evening.
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The United States through its Agency for International Development funded the parallel vote counting by the Zimbabwe Election Supervisory Network in the 2008 elections, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.
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Retired general Solomon Mujuru pledged to support Movement for Democratic Change presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai if President Robert Mugabe tried to steal the 2008 elections through violence or otherwise.
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A member of the central committee of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Manatsa Mutasa told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee that President Robert Mugabe had to go.
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Former Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa was confident that President Robert Mugabe would be defeated in the 2008 elections.
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Labour Minister and close Mugabe confidante Nicholas Goche refused a Mugabe exit package that was offered by United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee, 19 days before the 2008 elections.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told Zimbabweans four years ago that though there was need for assistance from the international community to bring about economic recovery, Zimbabweans had to count for themselves.
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Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa told United States embassy officials in Pretoria that former army commander Solomon Mujuru was essentially a “mafia boss” and President Robert Mugabe could simply threaten to arrest him if he got out of line.
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New theories are now being floated as to why the government postponed the nomination date and the voter registration for the 2008 elections by a week to 15 February.
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