The Insider

The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has been likened to a troop of baboons incessantly fighting among themselves but coming together to fight an external threat. The party is badly fractured and is like a stick of TNT, susceptible to ignition and disintegration.

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President Robert Mugabe usurped Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in February last year, barely a year after the swearing in of the inclusive government, when he issued a circular implying that ministers should report to his two vice-Presidents, Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo, instead of to Tsvangirai.

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Algeria’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Lazhar Soualem said it was important to arrange a graceful exit for President Robert Mugabe because hardliners from his party might become entrenched.

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The co-chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, Douglas Mwonzora was charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe for allegedly calling him a goblin at a rally in 2008.

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Although Australia’s longstanding view was that President Robert Mugabe ought to leave office, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said political developments in the country were encouraging and his government had committed A$6 million to cooperate with South Africa in supporting Zimbabwe’s recovery.

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Former Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika had a longstanding personal rapport with President Robert Mugabe and was highly unlikely to support any effort to remove or condemn Mugabe.

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President Robert Mugabe told the press at the formal inauguration of Mozambican President Armando Guebuza that a Frelimo victory was his too.

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The Deputy Minister of Justice Obert Gutu said the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Morgan Tsvangirai was humble and tolerant, not vindictive like Robert Mugabe. These qualities in large part accounted for his widespread popularity.

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Agriculture Minister Joseph Made told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray way back in January 2010 that there would be no land audit in Zimbabwe until sanctions had been lifted.

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