Daily Mail: The Crocodile bites back: Deposed vice-president who has seized power from Mugabe is a London-educated former spymaster who orchestrated 1980s massacre of 20,000 opponents
* Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, has had a long and varied political career in country
* Feared in Zimbabwe as a brutal spymaster who suppressed opponents in 1980s
* 'Crocodile' has been chief of the justice, defence, housing and finance ministries
* He got his nickname after leading the 'Crocodile Group' fighters in the civil war
The man believed to be behind the coup in Zimbabwe is the country's recently sacked vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa - also known as 'The Crocodile'.
Mnangagwa, 75, is a notorious and much-feared figure in Zimbabwe, having led a vicious crackdown on opponents in the 1980s with the help of the dreaded North Korean-trained Fifth Army brigade.
Thousands of civilians were killed during the Gukurahundi campaign, but Mnangagwa has always denied involvement.
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More News On Emmerson Mnangagwa
Eyes on the 'Crocodile' as Zimbabwe Military Sweeps to Power -- U.S. News & World Report/Reuters
Emmerson Mnangagwa: the next president of Zimbabwe? -- Financial Mail
Who will replace Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe? Meet the Crocodile Emmerson Mnangagwa -- Express
Who Is Emmerson Mnangagwa? -- VOA
Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back -- BBC
2 comments:
So the decrepit, near the deathbed, winding down autocrat is pushed out by a slightly younger, more vigorous & equally vicious autocrat.
Progress?
To be replaced by a guy nicknamed "The Crocodile."
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