A warning for Nkomo
In partnership with the scholarly Robert Mugabe, the huge, outgoing Joshua Nkomo, 64, fought a seven-year guerrilla war against the white Rhodesian government and led his country to independence as black-ruled Zimbabwe three years ago. His fortunes have been declining ever since. He lost the presidential elections to Mugabe, largely because his Ndebele tribe is less than a fourth the size of Mugabe's predominant Shona constituency. Nkomo served in Mugabe's Cabinet for 22 months, but was dropped last year amid rumors that his followers were plotting against the...
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