Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect a popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedly illegal hunt, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe claims his party won “a resounding mandate” from voters to complete a sweeping black empowerment programme to take over foreign and white-owned assets.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has declared his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals “like garbage.”