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...warning for Nkomo...
...partnership with the scholarly Robert Mugabe, the huge, outgoing Joshua Nkomo, 64, fought a seven-year guerrilla war against the white Rhodesian government and led his country to independence as black-ruled Zimbabwe three years ago. His fortunes have been declining ever since. He lost the presidential elections to Mugabe, largely because his Ndebele tribe is less than a fourth the size of Mugabe's predominant Shona constituency. Nkomo served in Mugabe's Cabinet for 22 months, but was dropped last year amid rumors that his followers were plotting against the government. A week ago, Nkomo was detained...
...severe treatment? The government explained, not very convincingly, that Nkomo had been trying to leave the country under a false name, and that he was illegally carrying 300 Zimbabwean dollars. Demanded Nkomo, who is over 6 feet tall, weighs around 300 Ibs. and is easily recognized all over Africa: "How can an elephant disguise himself as something else? An elephant is an elephant, whichever way you look at him." Nkomo said that the Zimbabwean dollars could not buy anything in Europe anyway. "They are as leaves on the trees...
...Freedom Nkomo...
Mugabe met with Nkomo secretly last month to explore ways to defuse the volatile situation, but the results of the session are not known. Low-level officials of both parties are working on a political compromise that would give Nkomo and his followers a larger role in the government. But because tribal enmity is so deeply rooted in Zimbabwe's history, any settlement may prove fleeting...