Zimbabwean former vice president Joice Mujuru announced
Wednesday she was forming a new party to challenge President Robert Mugabe`s
all-powerful ZANU-PF, in a move that could shake up the country`s politics.
Mujuru, who is the widow of Zimbabwe`s first
post-independence army general, was fired from the government and the ruling
ZANU-PF party in December 2014.
Her
ousting came after a campaign by Mugabe`s wife Grace denigrating Mujuru and
accusing her of corruption, fomenting division in the party and plotting to
topple Mugabe.
Many
of her allies and perceived sympathisers met a similar fate in a party purge.
Mujuru,
60, who was replaced as vice president by long-time Mugabe ally Emmerson
Mnangagwa, denied all Grace`s accusations.
She
was a guerrilla fighter during Zimbabwe`s 1970s liberation war before rising to
become vice president in 2004.