President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe's former VP returns home after Mugabe ouster

Harare - Muslimchronicle

Zimbabwe's former vice president, who was on a trip abroad during last month's military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's resignation, has returned home, local media reported Saturday. Phelekezela Mphoko was the second deputy appointed in 2014 by longtime strongman Mugabe, along with current President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mphoko had flown to Japan on official business the day before the army tookRead more

Zimbabwe's new president Mnangagwa vows job creation

Harare - Muslimchronicle

New Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed he will work to improve the economy to reduce unemployment and return the country to prosperity. "Our economic policy will be directed for job, job, job creation," said Mnangagwa to cheers from the crowd of 60,000 who witnessed his inauguration on Friday at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Zimbabwe is currently plaguedRead more

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa vows to compensate farmers for confiscated land

Harare - Muslimchronicle

Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed during his inauguration speech Friday to compensate farmers whose land was confiscated under a ruinous land redistribution programme initiated by his predecessor Robert Mugabe. "My government is committed to compensate those farmers from whom land was taken, in terms of the laws of the land," Mnangagwa said in front of a crowd ofRead more

Mnangagwa vows 'foreign investments will be safe in Zimbabwe'

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Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed during his inauguration speech Friday to protect foreign investments in the country as he sought to lay out his economic credentials. "In this global world no nation is, can, or need be an island. All foreign investments will be safe in Zimbabwe," he told a crowd of tens of thousands at his inaugurationRead more

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa vows to 'reduce poverty', fight corruption

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Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed during his inauguration speech Friday to fix the economy and battle corruption which was closely associated with his predecessor Robert Mugabe's rule. "Acts of corruption must stop forthwith. Where these occur, swift justice must be served," he told a crowd of tens of thousands at his inauguration ceremony, promising to "create jobs forRead more

New Zimbabwe president praises 'father of the nation' Mugabe

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Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa praised outgoing leader Robert Mugabe as "the father of the nation" during his inauguration address on Friday. "Let me at this stage pay tribute to one of the, and the only surviving, founding fathers of our nation, comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe," Mnangagwa said in front of a crowd of tens of thousands at hisRead more

Mnangagwa promised Mugabe, family 'maximum security': state media

Harare - Muslimchronicle

Zimbabwe's incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured outgoing leader Robert Mugabe and his family "maximum security" ahead of his swearing in on Friday, state media reported. "Mnangagwa (Thursday) spoke to (the) outgoing President... and assured him and his family maximum security and welfare as he appraised him of preparations for (Friday's) inauguration," the state-run Herald news site reported, adding itRead more

Tens of thousands at stadium for Mnangagwa inauguration: AFP

Harare - Muslimchronicle

Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans were at Harare's National Sports Stadium on Friday to witness the inauguration of former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa to replace Robert Mugabe, an AFP correspondent said. Snipers took up positions around the stadium amid tight security as Mnangagwa supporters streamed in, with many dancing as music played, hoping to catch a glimpse of Mnangagwa, whoRead more

Noon deadline looms for defiant Mugabe as Zimbabwe crisis deepens

HARARE - Muslimchronicle

Longtime President Robert Mugabe ignored a midday deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings, while Zimbabweans stunned by his defiance during a national address vowed more protests to make him leave. The ruling party’s Central Committee was meeting to discuss impeachment of the 93-year-old Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state, after 37 yearsRead more

Mnangagwa replaces Mugabe as ZANU-PF party chief: party delegate

Harare - Muslimchronicle

Robert Mugabe has been removed as president of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and replaced by his former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a party delegate told AFP on Sunday outside a meeting in Harare. "A resolution has been adopted to recall the president and elevate Mnangagwa as the party president," said the delegate, who declined to be named.Read more