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Opposition leader slams Mugabe

Meanwhile, the leader of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, on Tuesday denounced President Robert Mugabe as a “despot” trying to hang onto power through violence and warned his policies threatened regional stability.

In widely reported remarks to a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, he said the violence had pushed Zimbabwe to the brink of anarchy. “The war in Zimbabwe is of a despot trying to hold onto power.”


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