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Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980. He served as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987, and as the first executive head of state since 1987.
Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) during the conflict against the white-minority rule government of Ian Smith. Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia for more than 10 years between 1964 to 1974. Upon release with Edgar Tekere, Mugabe left Rhodesia in 1975 to re-join the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle (Rhodesian Bush War) from bases in Mozambique.
At the end of the war in 1979, Mugabe emerged as a hero in the minds of many Africans. He won the general elections of 1980, the second in which the majority of Black Africans participated in large numbers (though the electoral system in Rhodesia had allowed Black participation based on qualified franchise). Mugabe then became the first ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe in warning on mistresses
2013-05-12
EIGHTY-nine year old Robert Mugabe, who fathered two children with his secretary while his first wife was critically ill, has slammed senior politicians in Zimbabwe who have mistresses – and said the electorate won't trust them. The unprecedented ...
(Scotsman)
  1. Media to keep fighting for a free Zim
  2. Zimbabwe voter campaigners arrested
  3. Rhodesian Prophet: MDC-T Confused on Land Reform
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 Margaret Thatcher's warm words for now-disgraced Robert Mugabe and Jimmy ...
2013-03-22
Margaret Thatcher sang the praises of Robert Mugabe after attending a 1982 lunch held in his honour. The Zimbabwean leader has since been widely condemned for his dictatorial policies and human rights abuses. But Lady Thatcher praised him when ...
(Mirror.co.uk)
  1. 'Friendly And Open Manner'
  2. Margaret Thatcher praised 'friendly' Robert Mugabe
  3. Thatcher papers show Conservative party split over Falklands
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 Mugabe, Mnangagwa aided apartheid SA security forces - Report
2013-03-06
IN what could dent President Robert Mugabe's image as an unwavering anti-Apartheid hero, it has emerged that Zimbabwe cooperated with the South African Defence Forces in 1983 in their efforts to keep PF Zapu from supporting ANC operations in ...
(The Zimbabwe Mail)
  1. Mugabe's tit-for-tat exclusion of election monitors a big mistake
  2. Zimbabwe braces for Mugabe surprises
  3. World is watching, UK warns Mugabe
2012
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 Mugabe Motorcade Crash Kills (5)
2012-06-19
Mugabe motorcade crash kills one, injures 15: police - FRANCE 24 (France 24)
Mugabe motorcade crash kills 1, 15 hurt (Beeld)
Mugabe's motorcade crash kills one (Daily Telegraph, heraldsun.com.au)
Excerpt: AFP - One person has been killed and 15 injured by President Robert Mugabe's motorcade, in the third such accident in two weeks in Zimbabwe, police said Tuesday. National police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena blamed the Sunday accident on a commuter... (Read article)
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 Constitution (4)
2012-02-17
Zimbabwe: Fight Over New Constitution Hots Up (AllAfrica.com)
ZANU-PF threatens to block Zimbabwe constitution barring Mugabe to contest polls (Investors Business Daily)
Zimbabwe: 'Mugabe Won't Sign Constitution That Disqualifies Him' (AllAfrica.com)
Excerpt: Zimbabwe's ongoing constitution-making process has emerged as the new battlefield between President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions as the crucial document will be the basis of rule for the next elected... (Read article)
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 Goodwin Stripped of Knighthood (4)
2012-02-01
Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood (YAHOO!)
Goodwin stripped of knighthood (The Guardian, The Guardian)
Britain strips ex-RBS boss Goodwin of knighthood (msnbc.com)
Excerpt: LONDON (Reuters) - Britain stripped the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland of his knighthood on Tuesday, putting a banker reviled by tabloids as "Fred the Shred" alongside Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu as those who lost the high... (Read article)
2011
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2011-11-16
A property reportedly owned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in Hong Kong (Big Hollywood)
Mugabe thanks Hong Kong for 'protecting daughter' (BBC News, BBC News)
Mugabe attends daughter's graduation in Hong Kong (Big Hollywood, New Straits Times)
Excerpt: File photo of the front entrance to JC Castle, which contains a property reportedly owned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in Hong Kong. The bodyguards of Mugabe's daughter Bona twice assaulted reporters outside her Hong Kong home... (Read article)
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 Fit (4)
2011-10-31
Mugabe says he's still fit (Independent Online)
Mugabe fit to retaliate against Swiss (Independent Online)
Mugabe says he's still fit, may target Swiss assets (Reuters UK)
Excerpt: Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe denied speculation his health is failing and hinted at taking action against Swiss firms in retaliation for his wife and aides being denied visas to visit Geneva, the official Herald newspaper reported on... (Read article)
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 Parties Agree (3)
2011-07-07
Zimbabwe Parties Can’t Agree on Election Security, Monitors, Herald Says (Bloomberg)
Zimbabwe parties agree on path to new elections (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Zimbabwe: Parties Agree On 2012 Election Date (AllAfrica.com)
Excerpt: Zimbabwe’s three main political parties can’t agree on changes to the security forces or the composition of an independent commission to oversee elections, the Herald reported, citing minutes from a meeting held this... (Read article)
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 Robert Mugabe denounces Britain and opposition
2008-04-18
Robert Mugabe, president of the Republic of Zimbabwe bitterly slated opposition and the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler, in a speech he made earlier today. This is his first speech after the recent disputed elections in which Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won the parliamentary voting. However announcement of an overall victory for the MDC has come to a standstill as results from 23 out of the 210 constituencies are still being recounted.
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 Mugabe's party calls for recount of Zimbabwe presidential votes
2008-04-06
Zanu-PF, the party of the incumbent Robert Mugabe has said that there should be a recount of the presidential election results to check for possible "errors and miscalculations." Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), questioned the legality of these actions. They said that recounts are only legal after the original set of results are made available.
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 Mugabe: A vote for MDC is a wasted vote
2008-03-24
Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe and leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), has said in a speech that any votes for his opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would be a wasted vote. He stated, "You can vote for them MDC but that will be a wasted vote. You will be cheating yourself as there is no way we can allow them to rule this country." He continued by saying that "We ZANU-PF have a job to do and that is to protect our heritage. The MDC will not rule this country. It will never, ever happen."
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 Zimbabwe election victory for Mugabe
2005-04-01
Amid claims of rigging by the opposition party, news reports today from the Zimbabwe capital city of Harare, say current President Robert Mugabe has again clinched a party victory in this round of national elections.
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 Zimbabwe church leader calls for uprising against Mugabe
2005-03-28
A Catholic archbishop in Zimbabwe urged followers to start a non-violent, popular uprising against the country's president, Robert Mugabe. Archbishop Pius Ncube on Sunday told a South African newspaper that he hopes that Mugabe will be ousted in the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for Thursday.
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 Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Vote for us or starve
2005-03-26
In a land of four million people where roughly one fourth of the population faces danger of hunger, opposition party supporters are receiving a harsh message from government run emergency food stations in the run up to Thursday's election: Vote for Mugabe, or starve.
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