Post Tagged with: "Muammar Gaddafi"

Foreign Affairs ministry led by Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
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Is Gaddafi really worth our sacrifice?

on September 5, 2011 at 5:30 pm × 2 comments

There is a time where cockiness, pride and sense of camaraderie works, but the Zimbabwean government’s stance and response on Libya is a “diplomatic” faux pas that will be felt for many years to come.

Government of National Friction: Mugabe and Tsvangirai
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Libyan envoy expulsion not govt decision: PM

on September 3, 2011 at 3:17 pm × 0 comments

HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said it is not the duty of Zimbabweans to foist political representatives on the people of Libya. Tsvangirai said this as the expelled Libyan ambassador, Taher Elmagrahi, was leaving the country yesterday.

Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi
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Ex-Libyan ambassador leaves by road

on September 3, 2011 at 3:08 pm × 0 comments

HARARE – Expelled Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi and four other diplomats together with their families left the country yesterday morning by road after failing to secure visas to go through Johannesburg, South Africa.

Vampire Dictators in Arms: Robert Mugabe and Muammar Gaddafi
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Zanu PF want to steal Libyan investments

on September 2, 2011 at 1:57 pm × 2 comments

Zimbabwean despot Robert Mugabe’s decision to expel Libya’s ambassador came as no surprise to us but we hasten to point out that it was as thoughtless as it was backward-looking.

Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi
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Zimbabwe to ‘forcibly deport’ Libyan ambassador

on September 2, 2011 at 8:02 am × 1 comment

The Zanu PF side of Zimbabwe’s coalition government has said the Libyan Ambassador to the country Taher El Magrahi will be forcibly deported if he does not leave the country when the 72-hour ultimatum he was given expires this afternoon.

Zanu PF expel Libyan Ambassador
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Zanu PF expel Libyan Ambassador

on August 30, 2011 at 8:24 pm × 1 comment

The ZANU PF side of the coalition government has given the Libyan Ambassador in Harare, Taher El Magrahi, 72 hours to leave the country, following his defection to rebels that toppled long time dictator and Mugabe ally, Muammar Gaddafi.

Presidents Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Denis Sassou Nguessou of Congo, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania and African Union Secretary-General Jean Ping (front L-R) stand outside a tent erected at Qadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya residence in Tripoli. –Reuters Photo
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African leaders to blame for western intervention

on August 30, 2011 at 1:49 pm × 1 comment

In a week dominated by events in Libya where Muammar Gaddafi is losing his 42-year-old grip on the levers of power, it is pertinent that we consider the implications for the African continent and its people.

Zimbabwe born film maker Farai Sevenzo working in Liberia
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African viewpoint: From Mobutu to Gaddafi

on August 29, 2011 at 5:56 pm × 0 comments

In this BBC series of viewpoints from African journalists, Zimbabwean film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo writes that the collapse of the Libyan regime is reminiscent of the fall of other African regimes.

Robert Mugabe with his security chiefs
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Zimbabwe army panic over Libya revolt

on August 29, 2011 at 2:37 pm × 5 comments

Robert Mugabe’s regime is worried about events in Libya and over the weekend got Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda to issue what was meant to be a re-assuring statement that Mugabe would not be toppled by rebel forces as happened in Libya.

Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi
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Libyans in Zimbabwe warn Mugabe

on August 29, 2011 at 1:31 pm × 2 comments

Zimbabwe faces similar revolts to those that toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime if its leaders keep suppressing its people, a top Libyan envoy has said. Mohammed Elbarat, the country’s first counsellor in Harare, was speaking to the Daily News.

UP IN ARMS... Libyans living in Zimbabwe remove the flag at the Libyan embassy in Harare in protest against Maummar Gaddafi's rule. (Pic: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi for the Daily News).
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Libyans in Zimbabwe protest against Gaddafi

on August 25, 2011 at 6:50 am × 0 comments

Demonstrators at the Libyan Embassy in Harare pulled down the official Libyan flag and burned it before raising the flag of rebels led by the National Transitional Council while police stood by watching.

Speculation Gaddafi headed for Zimbabwe
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Speculation Gaddafi headed for Zimbabwe

on August 22, 2011 at 2:08 pm × 0 comments

Embattled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is headed for Zimbabwean or Angolan exile under a South African-brokered deal, Al Jazeera has reported. However, SA International Relations minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane has scorched reports that Pretoria has scrambled jets to rescue the eccentric leader.

Unsteady Mugabe being helped by aides
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Zanu PF hijack heroes day

on August 10, 2011 at 7:49 am × 0 comments

HARARE – Zanu PF supporters yesterday hijacked Heroes Day commemorations in Harare and turned the event into a party rally where coalition government partners were jeered and humiliated. The atmosphere at the national Heroes Acre resembled a Zanu PF rally.

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and his Libyan counterpart Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
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Mugabe and Gaddafi to be barred from Olympics

on June 15, 2011 at 2:13 pm × 2 comments

Ministers in the United Kingdom are already taking advice on how to block Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and his Libyan counterpart Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from attending the London 2012 Olympics.

Vampire Dictators in Arms: Robert Mugabe and Muammar Gaddafi
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Mugabe says Western ‘Vampires’ in Libya for oil

on March 22, 2011 at 2:56 pm × 16 comments

President Robert Mugabe launched a scathing attack Monday on the Western countries that intervened militarily in Libya, castigating them as “vampires” who sought to kill Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi and control the country’s oil.

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