Jeering Mugabe

Does open hostility from opposition lawmakers suggest Zimbabwe’s strongman is losing his grip?

What happened

Zimbabwe’s Parliament heckled and jeered President Robert Mugabe as he ceremonially opened the legislative session. The lower house of Parliament, with an opposition majority for the first time since 1980, elected a speaker from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change on Monday. Mugabe and MDC leaders have held inconclusive talks after fraud-tainted elections. (The New York Times)

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