Sunday, August 18, 2013

Zimbabwe: Veteran leader Robert Mugabe to be sworn in Thursday for new term

Robert Mugabe (pictured), will be sworn in on Thursday, beginning a fresh five-year mandate as Zimbabwe's president following the recently held presidential election, his spokesman said Sunday.

"It is now this Thursday," George Charamba told reporters on the sidelines of a summit of southern African leaders in Malawi.

On Friday Mugabe's main challenger, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, withdrew a legal challenge to the election result.

That removed the last hurdle to Mugabe's

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