Last Updated: Wednesday, 5 January, 2005, 14:42 GMT

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Dictator  Mugabe  is  facing  trying  times.    His  party  is   divided.
  A   healthy  development  for  Africa's   political  evolution.     Ruling
  party  members  are  now  brave  enough  to  reject  ill-conceived  Mugabe
   policies.         If   Zimbabwean  can  do  it,   why   not  The  Gambia?
     It's     time    to  end   dictatorship.     I    hope   dictator
Jammeh   will  draw  lessons   from    the  Zimbabwean  crisis.    A    new
  political   trend  is  emerging  in   Africa.      Days   of   dictators
are  numbered.
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Rare Zimbabwe ruling party demo

Mugabe has moved swiftly against several prominent figures
Members of Zimbabwe's governing Zanu-PF party have held a rare protest
outside its headquarters.
Scores of women protesters surrounded Political Commissar Elliot Manyika's
car and would not let him leave until he agreed to look into their concerns.

They accuse the government of manipulating candidate lists for parliamentary
election in March.

It follows the suspension of six party officials for five years, preventing
them from standing in the election.


The officials, all provincial party chairmen, are accused of campaigning
against President Robert Mugabe's choice of candidate for vice-president.

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and a
militant war veterans' leader, Joseph Chinotimba, also failed to appear on
the party's lists.

President Mugabe said last month he would only appoint elected MPs into his
cabinet as ministers.

Underlying the row is a debate on who should succeed President Mugabe on his
expected retirement in 2008.

Observers say the row is one of the worst within Zanu-PF in the past 30
years.

The main opposition party has threatened to boycott the election.



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