{"id":3002,"date":"2017-11-22T00:39:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T00:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2017-11-22T00:39:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T00:39:42","slug":"african-leaders-wanted-mugabe-zimbabwe-cable-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/african-leaders-wanted-mugabe-zimbabwe-cable-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"So African leaders wanted Mugabe out? 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Regional support allowed Mugabe to overcome an election setback in 2008 and could have held the key to his future as leader. SADC leaders met on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe; Zuma and his Angolan counterpart, Joao Lourenco, were set to travel to Harare on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll SADC leaders and African leaders want Mugabe to retire. 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