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| Mugabe stripped of degree honour | |
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| Edinburgh University's Senate has agreed to strip Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe of his honorary degree. | |
| It comes after years of campaigning by politicians and students because of Mugabe's brutal regime. | It comes after years of campaigning by politicians and students because of Mugabe's brutal regime. |
| In 1984 Robert Mugabe was honoured by Edinburgh University "for services to education in Africa". | In 1984 Robert Mugabe was honoured by Edinburgh University "for services to education in Africa". |
| However, three senior academics recommended that the degree was withdrawn and the senate agreed unanimously with that call. | |
| Their recommendation for the unprecedented move was made after looking at evidence of the situation in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s. | Their recommendation for the unprecedented move was made after looking at evidence of the situation in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s. |
| It is said to be evidence which was not available when the degree was conferred. | It is said to be evidence which was not available when the degree was conferred. |