Zimbabwe Denies Leadership Schism as Ruling Party Meets
- Information chief rules out discord in party’s top leadership
- Party to take stock of economy amid ZiG depreciation
Constantino Chiwenga and Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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A senior Zimbabwe government official refuted claims that a rift has emerged between the president and his deputy as the ruling party holds an annual conference.
The meeting, which runs until Sunday in the nation’s second-biggest city of Bulawayo, is not an “elective conference” where the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic-Front will choose new leaders, said Information Minister Jenfan Muswere. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is both the leader of Zanu-PF and government, he said.