• The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings and genocide in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The name derives...
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    and oversaw the Central Intelligence Organisation. His role in the Gukurahundi massacres, in which thousands of Ndebele civilians were killed during...
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    Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) also deteriorated. In the Gukurahundi of 1982–1987, Mugabe's Fifth Brigade crushed ZAPU-linked opposition in...
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    1980, Zimbabwe initially made significant economic and social progress, Gukurahundi was a series of alleged massacres of people inhabiting areas largely...
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  • participated in the Mozambican Civil War as well as a genocide known as the Gukurahundi which targeted Ndebele civilians and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary...
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  • almost all based in camps around Lusaka, Zambia.[citation needed] The Gukurahundi (Shona: "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring...
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    Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF after an internal military crackdown called Gukurahundi in western Zimbabwe, mostly on ethnic Ndebele ZAPU supporters. He was...
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    civilians accused of supporting "dissidents" in what came to be called Gukurahundi. Meredith asserts that this far exceeded anything that had occurred during...
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  • He is known for calling on the Zimbabwean government to recognize the Gukurahundi genocide. In particular, he has also asked for the return of cattle seized...
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    lost to its rival ZANU. They merged into ZANU–PF in 1987 following the Gukurahundi massacres. The Unity Accord signed at that meeting stated that: ZANU...
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  • 1985 election. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi Genocide against the Ndebele people, although he issued a number of conflicting...
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    counter-revolution being planned by Joshua Nkomo. Tsvangirai would later use Gukurahundi against ZANU and to drum up support in Matabeleland. Tsvangirai has periodically...
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    struggle and later for his role in uniting ZANU and ZAPU, which ended the Gukurahundi massacres. After his death, Mugabe called him a "rare gift to the nation...
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  • Bulawayo Chairman refuses to sign Gukurahundi petition, 31 October 2006. ZimDaily Shamuyarira under fire over Gukurahundi, 11 March 2006. New Zimbabwe. Why...
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    Lancaster House Agreement December 1979 British Dependency 1979–1980 Zimbabwe 1980–present Gukurahundi 1982–1987 Second Congo War 1998–2003 Coup d'état 2017...
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  • he led the organizations effort's to document and put and end to the Gukurahundi massacres, perpetrated in Matabeleland by forces directed by Prime Minister...
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  • 10 October 2020. "Gukurahundi noose tightens on Mugabe". The Zimbabwean. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2020. "Gukurahundi perpetrators face...
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  • of plotting a coup d'état, and dismissed him from the cabinet. The Gukurahundi (also known as the "Matabeleland genocide") began in 1983. More than...
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    around Matabeleland. The Matabele unrest led to what has become known as Gukurahundi (Shona: 'the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring...
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    as Gukurahundi, a Shona term which translates roughly to mean "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains". The Gukurahundi campaigns...
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  • and British High Commissioner to Nigeria. "Sir Martin Ewans". The Times. 25 April 2012. "Gukurahundi era diplomat dies". The Zimbabwean. 10 May 2012....
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    (19 May 2015). "Zimbabwe: new documents claim to prove Mugabe ordered Gukurahundi killings". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024...
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  • Zimbabwe, 2006. Page 95. "Zimbabwejournalists.com: Fay Chung wades into Gukurahundi controversy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6...
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    Atrocities in the Congo Free State Darfur genocide Effacer le tableau Gukurahundi Herero and Nama genocide Ikiza Maji Maji Rebellion Mfecane Americas (history)...
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    Lancaster House Agreement December 1979 British Dependency 1979–1980 Zimbabwe 1980–present Gukurahundi 1982–1987 Second Congo War 1998–2003 Coup d'état 2017...
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  • same. After coming to power, Mugabe was known to have carried out the Gukurahundi, a series of massacres and pogroms against political rivals and civilians...
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  • by an elite, North Korean-trained brigade, known in Zimbabwe as the Gukurahundi. ZANU-PF increased its majority in the 1985 elections, winning 67 of...
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