Zimbabwe President Fires VP, Ministers

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has fired Vice President Joice Mujuru and at least seven government ministers seen as her allies. In an interview Tuesday with VOA's Studio 7 Zimbabwe, Mujuru said she complied with a request from Mugabe to step down. "I am not a fighting character. I am a trained person," she said. "When you receive an order from your senior, you carry it out right through." She also denied accusations that she was plotting to oust the...

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