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Zimbabwe awaits news on Mugabe's future
Zimbabweans are waiting to see what steps the military will take next after seizing control of the country. President Robert Mugabe is said to be under house arrest but the whereabouts of his wife Grace, who was bidding to succeed him as president, are unknown.
South African ministers have been in the capital Harare meeting the army and political parties. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc will hold emergency talks on Thursday.
President Mugabe, 93, has been in control of Zimbabwe since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. But the power struggle over who might succeed him, between Mrs Mugabe and her rival former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, has split the ruling Zanu-PF party in recent months.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by Entropy on Sunday November 19 2017, @03:47PM (3 children)
This is the guy that slaughtered farmers and stole their land based on race. He's a genocidal maniac which will hopefully be executed.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by inertnet on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:26PM (2 children)
He's the black Hitler. Not only against whites, but he also had 20000 of the Ndebele people killed (during the revolution, Nkomo fought alongside Mugabe but he had to give up after his people were slaughtered by Mugabe): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Nkomo#Conflict_with_Mugabe [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by mendax on Sunday November 19 2017, @07:26PM
If you look carefully, he even has the toothbrush mustache.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @10:56PM
Hitler was loved by his people and they died for him. Mugabe is not loved by his people and they will not die for him. Big difference. Every time you compare Hitler to dictators, warlords and murderers, you lose respect.
A question for you, since you know so much about Hitler: How do you know what Hitler did? (did you hear about it in a movie?)