The Insider

The head of the Counselling Services Unit, Frances Lovemore, told United States embassy officials that the biggest mistake of the West was that it did not know the depths of evil of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front structures.

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Patrick Chinamasa has been one of the longest serving Justice Ministers in Zimbabwe. There is a reason for that. He is a shrewd political tactician, and a close confidante of President Robert Mugabe. Chinamasa who left his private practice first to become attorney-general and then Justice Minister was the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front’s chief negotiator in the talks that ultimately led to the formation of the inclusive government. Some observers say Chinamasa is one of Mugabe’s favourites because he always gets his way without breaking the law. There are 179 cables on him. Here they are.

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It is an insult and denigrating to call President Robert Mugabe, Mr, the United States embassy said in a cable dispatched shortly after the controversial 2008 elections.

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President Robert Mugabe was prepared to step down after his defeat in the 2008 elections but he was persuaded to stay on by senior members of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front who wanted to protect their own futures.

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The Japanese government was relieved when it learnt that President Robert Mugabe, who was under siege in his country after learning that he had been beaten by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, would not attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development and quickly informed the United States.

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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade wanted President Robert Mugabe to accept the results of the march 2008 elections and respect human rights but at the same time he did not want the West to humiliate him in view of what he had done for his country.

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The United States and Britain were in a quandary about what to do to make sure that Zimbabwe had credible and internationally supervised presidential elections after the announcement of the results in May 2008.

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