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Government has 'ceased to govern'

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Is Robert Mugabe on the verge of being forced to hand over power in Zimbabwe? The cholera crisis in the country, which has already claimed around 600 lives, has prompted some African leaders to consider action. Journalist Chris McGreal there is no sense that Robert Mugabe has any control of the situation but Zimbabwean people will endure. Botswanan foreign minister Phandu Skelemani says that the decision to get rid of the leader must be Zimbabwe's.

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