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Zimbabwe Vice President John Nkomo Dies Aged 79 by ogusbaba1(m): 4:45pm On Jan 17, 2013
RIP as State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has announced the death of Vice President John Nkomo. He death at the age of 79.

Nkomo died in a Harare hospital early Thursday after a long illness, said the State redio. The second of two vice presidents, he had not appeared at meetings of Mugabe's party or state functions for several months.
A former opponent of Mugabe, Nkomo joined a unity government formed in 1987 at the end of an armed rebellion in the western Matabeleland province by fighters loyal to his party who opposed Mugabe's domination of the first black government after independence from Britain in 1980.
A former teacher, Nkomo began his political activism against colonial rule in 1958. In recent years, he was not seen as a political heavyweight with influence over Mugabe. RIP To him once more
http://www.ogusbaba.com/2013/01/zimbabwe-vice-president-john-nkomo-dies.html

Re: Zimbabwe Vice President John Nkomo Dies Aged 79 by braine(m): 5:11pm On Jan 17, 2013
It beats my imagination how African leaders just prefer to die in office.
Re: Zimbabwe Vice President John Nkomo Dies Aged 79 by ogusbaba1(m): 5:29pm On Jan 17, 2013
i tire ooo
Re: Zimbabwe Vice President John Nkomo Dies Aged 79 by panafrican(m): 4:02pm On Jan 18, 2013
Power is power ! There are senators who remain in office for more than 40 or 50 years in the United States.The Queen of England has been in power since the 1950s.
See the charts.

1.Longest serving US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/senators/Biographical/longest_serving.htm

2. List of longest-reigning monarchs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs

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