The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The name derives from a Shona-language...

and oversaw the Central Intelligence Organisation. His role in the Gukurahundi massacres, in which thousands of Ndebele civilians were killed during...

almost all based in camps around Lusaka, Zambia.[citation needed] The Gukurahundi (Shona: "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring...

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...

Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF after an internal military crackdown called Gukurahundi in western Zimbabwe, mostly on ethnic Ndebele ZAPU supporters. He was...

1980, Zimbabwe initially made significant economic and social progress, Gukurahundi was a series of alleged massacres of people inhabiting areas largely...

participated in the Mozambican Civil War as well as a genocide known as the Gukurahundi which targeted Ndebele civilians and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary...

States to release "all diplomatic and intelligence cables relating to the Gukurahundi massacres" of Zimbabwe and to explain the U.S. decision "to remain silent"...

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...

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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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...

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...

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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counter-revolution being planned by Joshua Nkomo. Tsvangirai would later use Gukurahundi against ZANU and to drum up support in Matabeleland. Tsvangirai has periodically...

1985 election. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi Genocide against the Ndebele people, although he issued a number of conflicting...

Bulawayo Chairman refuses to sign Gukurahundi petition, 31 October 2006. ZimDaily Shamuyarira under fire over Gukurahundi, 11 March 2006. New Zimbabwe. Why...

and British High Commissioner to Nigeria. "Sir Martin Ewans". The Times. 25 April 2012. "Gukurahundi era diplomat dies". The Zimbabwean. 10 May 2012....

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...

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...

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...

administration. Indeed, the uprising partially fuelled Mugabe's bloody Gukurahundi campaign against Matabeleland later in the 1980s. Following the Unilateral...

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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...

test to see if they were loyal to the revolution.: 12  For the party, Gukurahundi, a Shona word which literally means "the early rain which washes away...

anti-colonial black natives; the aftermath of the Bush War, the Zimbabwean Gukurahundi massacres; the Angolan Civil War between competing national-liberation...

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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...

Atrocities in the Congo Free State Darfur genocide Effacer le tableau Gukurahundi Herero and Nama​ genocide Ikiza Maji Maji Rebellion Mfecane Americas...