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Article: ZIMBABWE: Mugabe silent on promise to end farm occupations Foreign Minister vows to remove squatters, but analysts predict President will refuse to implement breakthrough agreement
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 8, 2001
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ZIMBABWE PROMISED yesterday to evict black people illegally
occupying white-owned farms, but sceptics were waiting for President
Robert Mugabe to back the move.
Under the surprise accord late the previous night at a
Commonwealth meeting in Abuja, Harare agreed to end the black
occupation of white farms in return for British aid for the land
reform programme.
Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge said yesterday: "It is a commitment
by Zimbabwe and a commitment by Britain and the international
community to come to the aid of Zimbabwe in land resettlement."
However, Mr Mugabe, who is out of the country on a short holiday,
remained silent on the agreement.
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the ...