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Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 89, is sworn in and attacks 'vile' West
Source: Reuters
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 89, is sworn in and attacks 'vile' West
By Cris Chinaka and MacDonald Dzirutwe
HARARE | Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader at 89, began a new five-year term on Thursday by calling the West "vile" for questioning his re-election and vowing to press ahead with nationalist economic policies.
After taking the oath of office before bewigged Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku at a sun-drenched soccer stadium in Harare, Mugabe praised African countries that endorsed the July 31 vote and told his critics to "go hang".
"Except for a few Western dishonest countries, our elections have been hailed as peaceful, free, fair and credible," he said in an hour-long speech to thousands of cheering supporters, diplomats and six African presidents.
"For those odd Western countries who happen to hold a different negative view of our electoral process and outcome, there is not much that we can do about them. We dismiss them as the vile ones whose moral turpitude we must mourn," he added.
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By Cris Chinaka and MacDonald Dzirutwe
HARARE | Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader at 89, began a new five-year term on Thursday by calling the West "vile" for questioning his re-election and vowing to press ahead with nationalist economic policies.
After taking the oath of office before bewigged Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku at a sun-drenched soccer stadium in Harare, Mugabe praised African countries that endorsed the July 31 vote and told his critics to "go hang".
"Except for a few Western dishonest countries, our elections have been hailed as peaceful, free, fair and credible," he said in an hour-long speech to thousands of cheering supporters, diplomats and six African presidents.
"For those odd Western countries who happen to hold a different negative view of our electoral process and outcome, there is not much that we can do about them. We dismiss them as the vile ones whose moral turpitude we must mourn," he added.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/22/us-zimbabwe-idUSBRE97L0W420130822
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