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Emmerson Mnangagwa who remained President Robert Mugabe’s point man on Democratic Republic of Congo issues said Zimbabwe was committed to withdrawing its troops from the DRC.

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President Robert Mugabe’s point man in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Emmerson Mnangagwa, told United States special envoy Howard Wolpe that Mugabe had told Kabila to accept Ketumile Masire as mediator because his objections did not constitute sufficient grounds for removing Masire.

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Emmerson Mnangagwa, who the United States embassy in Harare described as ruthless, kept the embassy guessing when he was left of President Robert Mugabe’s new cabinet in 2000.

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Farm invasions by war veterans which were widely believed to be an intimidation tactic by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front to get people to vote for the party continued after the elections which the party narrowly won.

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Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told United States ambassador Tom McDonald that President Robert Mugabe was likely to go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 11 July but he was not likely to accompany him as he would be attending his daughter’s graduation in London.

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Although President Robert Mugabe wanted to bring his troops back from the Democratic Republic of Congo he was not likely to “fall on his sword to preserve (former Botswana President Ketumile) Masire in the role of facilitator”, the United States embassy said.

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Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa said Congolese businessman Kalaa Mpinga was a “political infant” and was like a university student, full of “wild dreams” and ready to riot against anything.

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Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald that foreign observers were welcome to Zimbabwe as they had been for every election since 1980 but when asked for a written invitation he said he could not issue one.

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A former Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front legislator for Chimanimani, Mike Mataure, says ZANU-PF Members of Parliament were told by President Robert Mugabe to vote for a constitutional amendment that allowed the government to compulsorily acquire land without compensation to save their necks.

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Mnangagwa, a long-time advisor of President Robert Mugabe on security matters, is reported to have been so disappointed after being appointed Justice Minister that he was considering retiring and going into business.

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