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Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Mugabe gives defiant speech on Africa Day

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he is "not a Yankee", as he addressed around 50,000 of his supporters at a rally held in the capital, Harare, to honour him on Africa Day. 
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace greet supporters of his ZANU (PF) party during the "One Million Man March", a show of support of Mugabe"s rule in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 25, 2016
Reuters
The 92-year-old also ruled out the possibility of stepping down from office, and hit out at rival leaders in the ruling Zanu-PF party for plotting to succeed him. 
Mr Mugabe added:  
There should never be little groups to promote so and so. Those little groups are treasonous groups, they poison the party.
I belong to my people. I don't like to be American. I am not a Yankee. I am not a Briton... I belong to Zimbabwe.
I am at the service of the people. If the people feel I should go, I go. But at the moment where do you want me to go? I am not going anywhere."

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