'The Crocodile' - Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa emerges from Mugabe's shadow


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Jul 2018

FILE PHOTO: President Emmerson Mnangagwa greets supporters of his ruling ZANU PF party gather for an election rally in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

HARARE (Reuters) - It is hard to imagine Robert Mugabe standing in line for fried chicken and chips at a provincial fast-food outlet.

That is exactly what Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa did last month as he tries to bury the memories of his long ties to Mugabe and rebrand himself as a 'man of the people' ahead of what is expected to be a tight election on Monday.

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