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Tsvangirai vows to expel exiled former Ethiopian dictator

    JOHANNESBURG

    In a separate development, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday that he would seek to expel the former Ethiopian strongman Mengistu Haile Mariam should the party win next month’s elections.

    “There is no room here in Zimbabwe for Mengistu,” Tsvangirai told AFP after addressing some 2,000 supporters at a rally in the Harare suburb of Budiriro. Mengistu has lived in exile in Zimbabwe since the overthrow of his regime nine years ago.

    He also told the rally Mugabe had betrayed the country. During his address police reported brief scuffles with ZANU-PF supporters. They said similar clashes occurred at another suburban rally. But Tsvangirai told his supporters: “We voted for him and now he is making us cry. How can you work for such a party that does not work for you? We are going to vote. We are not going to compete with ZANU-PF, we are going to remove them.”

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