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Ministry of Youth in Zimbabwe to be headed by a 68 year old

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose cabinet the military have muscled into (Photo: Courtesy)

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed senior military officials to top posts in his first cabinet on Friday in what was widely seen as a reward for the army's role in the removal of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe.

Mnangagwa was sworn in as president a week ago after 93-year-old Mugabe quit in the wake of a de facto military coup.

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