Mugabe, 83, has been in power since Zimbabwe achieved independence from Britain in 1980, and has already declared his candidature in the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for March 2008.
Mugabe, 83, amekuwa madarakani tangu Zimbabwe ilipopata uhuru wake kutoka kwa Uingereza mwaka 1980, na tayari ametangaza kugombea katika uchaguzi wa wabunge na urais uliopangwa kufanyika Machi 2008.