Mugabe

English

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Proper noun

Mugabe (plural Mugabes)

1. A surname
   • 2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Furthermore, Britain's show of disapproval for Mugabe's Zanu-PF government during the land seizures was in conflict with its largely silent approach on the 1980s Gukurahundi conflict, in which Mugabe ordered the massacre of up to 20,000 Ndebele civilians.