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'Secret meetings' spark crackdown
 There has been growing speculation in Zimbabwe as to who will succeed Robert Mugabe. The succession row has flared up in recent weeks, with seven top ZANU-PF officials suspended and accused of convening an unsanctioned secret meeting to push Parliament Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy for the post of party vice-president, seen as a stepping stone to the top job. The party post later went to liberation war veteran Joyce Mujuru, whom Mugabe then appointed government vice-president. Analysts say the internal feuding could weaken ZANU-PF ahead of March 2005 general elections in which the main opposition party is again likely to be the Movement for Democratic Change.Posted by: Fred 2005-01-04 |
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