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		<title>Despot who destroyed a nation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (7th September, 2019) Back in 2009, a diplomatic delegation arrived in Harare to see President Robert Mugabe. They found the despot, in his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Zimbabwe’s hope is devoured by the Crocodile</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Times (22nd August, 2019) A friend of mine went to the supermarket near her home in Harare at the weekend and bought six cartons of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The cunning crocodile who may devour Zimbabwe&#8217;s new dawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th July, 2018) Tomorrow marks a landmark in the cruel history of Zimbabwe: the first election since independence in 1980 without Robert [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Winds of change blowing across Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The ipaper (19th February, 2018) Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma share some things in common. Both were key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle with the African [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Crocodile shows his teeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 16:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (20th November, 2017) So farewell then, Robert Mugabe. The situation in Zimbabwe remains fluid after the carefully planned coup that claims not to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will Mugabe&#8217;s hated wife be the tyrant&#8217;s downfall?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (15th November, 2017) With tanks on the streets of Zimbabwe and enemies at the gates of his plush mansion, are we witnessing the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why is Britain shoring up Mugabe&#8217;s brutal regime?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (25th July, 2016) After almost four decades in power, Robert Mugabe’s vice-like grip on Zimbabwe seems to be slipping. There have been public [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is &#8216;Gucci Grace&#8217; about to become the world&#8217;s first female dictator?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th November, 2014) Grace Mugabe has been called many things since the moment when, barely out of her teens, she caught the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The MDC walked like zombies into Mugabe&#8217;s trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent on Sunday (August 4th, 2013) The streets of Harare were largely empty yesterday as a nervous nation digested its official election result and awaited [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A step into the unknown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the New Statesman (July 26th, 2013) As I left one veteran activist’s home in Harare after an evening discussing the forthcoming election, I pointed at the green water [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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