Why African leaders support Mugabe

African nations have been siding with Mugabe despite the intense pressure from the international community because Africans are a proud people who share a sense of pan-Africanism, solidarity, sovereign independence and unity against external parties, Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa told a United States Military chief when he visited Tripoli in 2009.

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Sipepa Nkomo named minister

Former Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe chief executive officer Samuel Sipepa Nkomo was appointed by the Tsvangirai faction of the Movement for Democratic Change as the country’s new Minister of Water Resources.

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Britain’s Miliband called for support for MDC-controlled ministries

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told United States permanent representative to the United Nations Susan Rice that the international community needed to show support for the transitional government in Zimbabwe by infusing assistance funds to projects supported by reformers in the Movement for Democratic Change-controlled ministries.

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Mogae said Mnangagwa or Mujuru cannot lead Zimbabwe

Former Botswana President Festus Mogae said one of the ways to improve the situation in Zimbabwe was to secure a safe and comfortable retirement for President Robert Mugabe but neither Vice-President Joice Mujuru nor Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa commanded the “fear or respect that Mugabe relies upon to lead”.

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ANZ directors released

Four directors of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe -Rachel Kupara (44), Stuart Mattinson (58), Brian Mutsau (43) and chief executive officer Samuel Sipepa Nkomo (58) – were released on 29 October after spending two nights in police custody.

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