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Robert Mugabe Part 4: A Game of Thrones

Real Dictators

CHAPTER

Chiwenga's G-40 Inner Circle

Tanks and armoured personnel carriers have arrived in Borredale, the exclusive gated community where Mugabe and his cronies all live. It was a bit like if the SaaS in Britain staged a coup and taken out the leaders in Hampshire and in Mayfair. That's how this operation went down. It took place in the wealthiest square mile of the country, and one of the wealthiest square miles of the entire continent. With his house cordoned off by tanks, Mugabe would seem to be out of options. But getting into relinquish power is easier said than done. Still, no one is using the C word.

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