Hvis det står til Zimbabwes præsident, Robert Mugabe, får oppositionen aldrig magten i det kriseramte afrikanske land. Præsidenten bebudede i dag, at han vil kæmpe til det sidste for at hindre Bevægelsen for Demokratisk Forandring, MDC, i at komme til magten. Det skete, efter at oppositionslederen, Morgan Tsvangirai, og 11 andre MDC-medlemmer i tre timer blev tilbageholdt af politiet to uger før, at Tsvangirais og Mugabes afgørende runde af præsidentvalget. "Vi vil aldrig, aldrig acceptere noget som helst, der lugter af MDC. Skal disse sølle marionetter overtage landet? Lad os vente og se. Det kommer ikke til at ske," sagde Mugabe.
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Ole Hansen
17. juni, 2008 #
Robert Mugabe, the Marxist who had fought a seven-year guerrilla war against Rhodesia's white-led government, won 64 percent of the vote, after a campaign marked by widespread intimidation, outright violence, and Mugabe's threat to continue the civil war if he lost. Mugabe became prime minister and was toasted by the international community and media as a new sort of African leader.
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