Word: nkomo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fearing a coup plot, Mugabe dumps Nkomo from the Cabinet...
...years they were rivals. But for the 24 months since the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party (ZANU-P.F.) of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe came to power in 1980, he and Joshua Nkomo, 64, the portly, outspoken head of the opposition Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), have coexisted uneasily. Last week their shaky truce was shattered. Nkomo was unceremoniously stripped of his rank as Minister Without Portfolio in the Mugabe government, a post he was demoted to a year after Nkomo's party won 20 parliamentary seats in the 1980 elections (vs. 57 for Mugabe...
Giamatti expressed concern about the trip because of the factional fighting between supporters of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo, which escalated two weeks ago and left more than 300 dead. Giamatti said the trip was "not a good idea," because the club is entering a "volatile situation...
Shriver said the tour will be to show American goodwill as well as to play rugby. The team hopes to meet Mugabe and Nkomo, he added...
...avoid or at least contain future clashes, Nkomo proposed relocating army bases far from civilian centers. But no matter how far the units are removed, the dangerous, deeply rooted tribal and political antagonisms will go with them...