Mnangagwa and Mugabe ‘cut from the same cloth’, Human Rights Watch says
Zimbabwean human rights activists say they do not know what kind of agreement was brokered between former president Robert Mugabe and the country’s army
On Wednesday, Zimbabwean human rights activists said they were in the dark about what kind of agreement was brokered between former president Robert Mugabe and the army, which led to the 93-year-old stepping down on Tuesday. Maureen Kademaunga said she could not speculate on what kind of deal was struck but emphasised that it was an "elite deal". "All we have is this letter of resignation. We do not know what was discussed with the [army] generals and the former president‚" said Kademaunga. Kademaunga was speaking at a media conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday. She said that she found it odd that the army officials refused to divulge any information about their talks with Mugabe. "I think the commander of the Zimbabwe defence force updated the nation about five times during the course of the week and at every point‚ he never revealed what it was they were discussing, and the outcome of it is a resignation letter from Robert Mugabe. We do not know what will happen to him‚" she sa...
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