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» HEADLINES » WEST » EAST » CENTRAL » NORTH » SOUTH » MEDIA NEWSDESK While some of the veterans did take part in the war against the all-white regime of Ian Smith, many were not even born before 1980. Zimbabwe war veterans march for Mugabe Sierra Leone’s Kabbah threatens crackdown HARARE (AFP) - Thousands of hardline supporters of Robert Mugabe marched through Harare on Wednesday, denouncing the Zimbabwe president's Western critics and endorsing his controversial programme of farm seizures. The War Veterans' Association said the march would be the start of a series of shows of strength on behalf of Mugabe whose government is battling an inflation rate of more than 7,600 percent ahead of elections next year. Zimbabwe farmers face bleak future Mugabe solicits oil from Equitorial Guinea Zimbabwe won't collapse, says Mugabe Zimbabwe: Police Report Fewer Cases of Crime Somali Government Fails to Tame Capital Nelson Mandela statue is unveiled Sudan to help Iraq's Palestinians Kenya consecrates conservative U.S. clerics as bishops Pharmaceuticals reps in Nigeria defend Pfizer's credibility South Africa recalls 20M condoms » GLOBAL MEDIA CENTRAL HEADLINES RSF challenges Rwanda over "dubious" rape charge against editor In Botswana, a success in reducing HIV in newborns Police seize heroin couriered to Ivory Coast Chinese court sentences African drug trafficker to death Japan plans mission to Africa for metals, energy S. African gem find too big to be true? Big U.S. oil: Tepid on Libya Africa's Great Lakes nations vow to eliminate rebels China has a vise grip on Senegal's markets Ethiopia to kick beggars off street for Millennium Irish student convicted, fined for dropping trousers in Senegal city WEST BENIN REPUBLIC BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE IVORY COAST GAMBIA GHANA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU LIBERIA MALI MAURITANIA NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE TOGO EAST COMOROS DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA ERITREA KENYA MADAGASCAR MAURITIUS MOZAMBIQUE SEYCHELLES SOMALIA SUDAN TANZANIA UGANDA REUNION ISLAND CENTRAL ANGOLA BURUNDI CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO EQUITORIAL GUINEA GABON CONGO RWANDA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE NORTH ALGERIA CHAD EGYPT LIBYA MAURITANIA MALI MOROCCO NIGER SUDAN TUNISIA WESTERN SAHARA SOUTH ANGOLA BOTSWANA