Mugabe rival expelled from party
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Zimbabwe's ruling party expels an ex-minister  who is to challenge Robert Mugabe for the presidency in March.
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The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party, Don Brash, quits after weeks of mounting speculation.
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A Kenyan minister and close ally of President Mwai Kibaki is  banned from the UK over corruption allegations.
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Opponents of veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe have abandoned plans for a series of anti-government protests after the organisers were arrested in a police crackdown.
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A Zimbabwean archbishop who was an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal resigned on Tuesday, but vowed to continue championing his countrymen facing political and economic crises.
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Nigeria's parliamentary speaker resigns after weeks of stalemate over a report into alleged graft.
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President Robert Mugabe suspended Zimbabwe's attorney general and appointed a three-member tribunal to investigate allegations that the state's highest law officer abused his powers, official media reported Saturday.
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Former archbishop Pius Ncube, a leading critic of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who resigned after an adultery scandal, was forced out by the Vatican, a news report said Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party cut former finance minister Simba Makoni adrift Wednesday over his electoral bid to topple Robert Mugabe, saying he had "expelled himself" by taking on the veteran president.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s main opposition party ruled out taking part in elections yesterday unless President Robert Mugabe&#39;s regime complies with tough new rules established
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Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits as leader of the political party he founded and built up, Thai Rak Thai.
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Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni, a senior member of the ruling ZANU-PF party, announced Tuesday he would challenge President Robert Mugabe as an independent in elections next month.
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Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabweâs main opposition party, beseeched South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop his âquiet support for the dictatorshipâ of President Robert Mugabe.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe Feb. 13 -- A former ruling party stalwart opened his presidential campaign Wednesday by saying he would defeat President Robert Mugabe in a landslide in Zimbabwe's March 29 election, but he offered few hints on how.
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Zimbabwe's former finance minister to stand as independent in next month's election in the biggest internal challenge yet to President Mugabe
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Kenyan government forces withdrawal of key South African mediator from talks with opposition
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked finance minister Herbert Murerwa and promoted several deputies in a cabinet reshuffle announced through state radio.