Engelbert Rugeje

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Major General Engelbert Rugeje is the Chief of Staff of the Zimbabwe National Army. Rugeje, ZNA spokesman Ben Ncube, and Air Vice-Marshal Elson Moyo were arrested on June 7, 2007 along with almost 400 soldiers for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Mugabe administration. Rugeje is being called the "brains" of the attempted coup d'état.[1][2][3]

On October 24, 2006 he praised cooperation between the military of Zimbabwe and the Chinese People's Liberation Army.[4]

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  1. ^ Coup attempt nipped in bud Ocnus.Net
  2. ^ Two more senior army officers arrested The Zimbabwe Times
  3. ^ Tightening the noose around China's bloggers; World Bank criticizes Chinese lending practices Chief Reform Monitor
  4. ^ Tightening the noose around China's bloggers; World Bank criticizes Chinese lending practices American Foreign Policy Council
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