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Mugabe has a long track record of oppressing the people of Zimbabwe, dating back almost to the day he came to power in 1980. In 1981 he set out to destroy the main opposition party by creating a special military unit trained by the North Koreans. Known as the 5 Brigade, it spent the following six years killing, maiming and terrorizing the population that supported the then opposition PF-ZAPU. The Catholic Church estimated that at least 3,000 people were killed before the opposition caved and was absorbed into Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU...
...opens up democratic space for Zimbabweans. A specific roadmap must be developed demanding that the government deliver rule of law, freedom of the media and a new people-driven constitution with an enforceable bill of rights. Mugabe's militia units must be dismantled, and a new independent electoral commission set...
TIME: When will the transition be complete? Tsvangirai: The agreement does not mention when an election will be held. We left it out deliberately because our elections are characterized by violence. If you have set a date, you will have a situation of election mode from day one. A constitutional referendum will be conducted in the next 18 months, and at the end of that, the President and the Prime Minister will sit down and set a date for elections...
According to Bloomberg, Harvard is negotiating terms on a $1.75 billion line of credit and is willing to pay back any loans at 1.25 percentage points above the London Interbank Offered Rate, a common reference point for setting floating interest rates. The University's current $2 billion line of credit, set to expire next month, allows it to borrow $250 million more at an interest rate 0.25 percentage points higher than...
Citigroup and Bank of America will set up the line of credit for the next year, Bloomberg said. In a report published last April, credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said the previous line of credit was funded by a consortium of banks, but it is unclear whether Citigroup and Bank of America participated. Spokesmen from Bank of America and Citigroup declined to comment...