ZIMBABWE’S opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is to launch unprecedented impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe ”mainly to force a public debate about the president’s behaviour”. The MDC, which is posing the strongest challenge yet to Mugabe’s 20-year rule, holds 57 of the 150 seats in parliament, meeting the one-third requirement to propose impeachment, but falling far short of the two-thirds needed to impeach. – Reuters
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