Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has described as "devastating" the removal from office of his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki, who is seen as a key ally of the of ageing authoritarian Mugabe in the last eight years.
"It's devastating news that President Thabo Mbeki is no longer the president of South Africa," the Zimbabwe's state-controlled daily Herald newspaper quoted Mugabe as saying Thursday.
"But that is the action of the South African people," he added. "Who are we to judge them? But it is very disturbing."
Mugabe was speaking to journalists from Zimbabwe's state media in New York where he is due to address the United Nations general assembly.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe promised Monday that he and his fo
New York - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, emerging from months of political turmoil, called on Britain, the United States and other Western countries to end what he called "illegal" economic sanctions that have inflicted "untold miseries" in Zimbabwe.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power came to an end Monday when he signed an historic agreement to share power with his decade-long rival, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the leader of an MDC splinter faction, Arthur Mutambara, on Monday formally signed an historic agreement to share power in a unity government.
