An Unwanted Present

February 2007 | Political Risk Analysis

President Robert Mugabe has let it be known that he would like to retire at the end of his current term in 2008, but only if an orderly succession plan is in place. But the December 2006 annual conference of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party suggested that the undoubted deep splits within the party have less to do with policy divisions than competing political interests manoeuvring ahead of potential succession. The main players now see Mugabe as a liability to their own personal interests and want him out, but have yet to muster enough clout to

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