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The next president of zimbabwe says the countrys witnessing a new stage of democracy former Vice President amazon men and gaga was addressing styles of cheering supporters in the capital harare following the resignation of Robert Mugabe after thirty seven years in power. Has our report. Which fled the country two weeks ago he said he would be back to lead his people former president Robert Mugabe sacked him as Vice President so his wife grace could take over in just one week the military seize control resigned on tuesday the man nicknamed the crocodile returned wednesday and he is now in charge to. You i mean certainly was. He revealed there were plans to eliminate he says he was poisoned at the edge of the by the g. Forty faction in front and lit by grace. The rulings on a party once when i got to be the president ial candidate. But some people dont believe in god what is the right man for the job he was a faithful ally of mugabe for decades we embraced by the one. They were together.
Refugees to return home once their paperwork is completed by bangladesh hundreds of thousands of or anger have fled the Army Crackdown in myanmar Scott Hartnell has more from young gone. Theres been mounting International Criticism and pressure on this country to do something with their hands a crisis move it forward in some way so they had a lot of pressure on that front so this shows that theyre at least moving down a path where well get those hundreds of thousands of people back at least into their villages or into their were kind state and then from a bangladesh point of view they have six hundred thousand plus more people in their nation right along the border so there are concerns Health Concerns and also a longer term mid term concerns if you will what would happen with those refugee camps if they stayed on so for both nations this number of understanding signing that we saw here in myanmar on thursday is good news for both sides so you know theres a lot of hope behind this but