HARARE Cheap Air Max 2018 Outlet , Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's political scene in 2014 was rattled by the abrupt dismissal of more than a dozen cabinet members led by the country's longtime vice president Joice Mujuru as a fierce battle to succeed Africa's oldest leader -- veteran president Robert Mugabe -- over overshadowed efforts to put the country's ailing economy back on the rails.
Mujuru's dismissal presented its own firsts -- being the first vice president in the history of the country to be fired; being the first former vice president to be investigated for criminal activities; and that for the first time since independence in 1980, the country has a living former vice president.
All the other former Vice Presidents -- Joshua Nkomo, Simon Muzenda, Joseph Msika and John Nkomo -- left office through death.
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For several years, Mugabe, who turns 91 in February 2015, watched as the drama over his succession unfolded. He would ban discussions over his succession and warn that factional leaders would be punished.
But the run-up to the party's congress in December took a heavy twist when the two camps vying to take over from him took off their gloves and began to hit each other below the belt. The camp led by new Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa scored a vital victory.
Mnangagwa's appointment as Mujuru's replacement was viewed by many as an endorsement by Mugabe that he should become the party and government's next leader.
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Economists Vince Musewe Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 Shoes , Luxon Zembe and Godfrey Kanyenze all agreed that one of the reasons the economy was not ticking was that government leaders were ensconced in party factional politics instead of working for the greater good of the nation.
The political uncertainty affected potential investors -- both foreign and local -- who opted to take a wait and see attitude hoping that the situation would play itself out, they said.
Musewe said that those who were fighting to get positions did not have a better plan for Zimbabwe and merely wished to benefit from their stations.
Cabinet ministers continued to issue conflicting policy statements, especially in relation to the indigenization policy, depending on which faction they had belonged to.
About 4 Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes ,000 people had lost their jobs by the end of September as companies closed down because of the harsh economic environment.
The loss of income and a decline in disposable income for those still in employment also resulted in thousands of people falling into debt, with scores of families losing their homes, household property, office furniture and equipment and even clothes every month.
A number of prominent people Cheap Air Max 2017 Shoes , including lawyers, top businessmen and former governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gideon Gono have recently had their properties either attached or auctioned to settle debts.
Economic growth, which had gone up to 5.7 percent at the formation of the inclusive government in 2009, has been declining since 2012 Cheap Air Max 2018 Shoes , going down to 4.5 percent in 2013 and is projected to hit 3.1 percent this year.
Monetary authorities said foreign direct investment plunged to 65 million U.S. dollars in the first half of 2014 from 167 million dollars recorded during the same period last year to reach a new low since the economic meltdown which began in 2012.
Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe director Kanyenze said the country's economy had become a casualty of the political power games.
About 32 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Yemen's capital on Thursday morning, police and witnesses said.
A suspected al-Qaida terrorist detonated explosives near Shiite Houthi militants who were gathering for protests in downtown Sanaa, which left about 32 people killed and dozens wounded, police and witnesses told Xinhua.
The Houthi group was expected to rally on Thursday to protest against the nomination of the newly-designated Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak who announced his resignation earlier in the day.
A Houthi spokesman has confirmed that 21 Houthi members were killed and dozens wounded in the explosion.
On Wednesday Cheap Air Max Shoes , Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi called for mass protests in the capital Sanaa over the appointment of Mubarak as new prime minister.
He said there was "foreign interference" when the president was considering candidates of the prime minister.
"We received assurances that this name (Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak) was eliminated but right after the meeting with the American ambassador, the name resurfaced," al-Houthi said.
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However, the Houthi group refused to hand over towns and cities seized in the previous weeks and has taken over almost all state institutions in Sanaa since then.
The deal empowers the Houthi rebels as it allows the group to play an important role in forming a cabinet and determining the future control of the army.
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After it overran the capital, the Houthi group started to deploy fighters in the cou.
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