May 25, 2016 Brian Hungwe BBC Africa, Harare Thousands of supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party have been bused into the capital, Harare, for a so-called million man march to show solidarity with President Robert Mugabe. [image: Zimbabwe march]BBC All the country's provinces are sending people of different ages, though it was dubbed a march for youth. [image: Zimbabwe march]BBC [image: Zimbabwe march]BBC A military helicopter has been hovering above the venue monitoring the situation. President Mugabe, 92, is expected to address the crowd congregating at a square named after him. Marchers call Mugabe a 'visionary leader' The BBC's Brian Hungwe has taken these pictures of the march in Zimbabwe's capital Harare which is being held to honour President Robert Mugabe on Africa Day. People are carrying banners calling it a million man march, even though the crowd is nowhere near that size: [image: Zimbabwe march]BBC Another banner calls Mr Mugabe a visionary leader: [image: Zimbabwe march]BBC While this man decided to cover his face: [image: Masked marcher]BBC Mugabe gives defiant speech on Africa Day [image: Thousands of Zimbabwe Zanu PF party supporters gathered at an open space to show their support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 25 May 2016]EPA Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he is "not a Yankee", as he addressed around 50,000 of his supporters at a rally held in the capital, Harare, to honour him on Africa Day. [image: Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace greet supporters of his ZANU (PF) party during the "One Million Man March", a show of support of Mugabe"s rule in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 25, 2016]Reuters The 92-year-old also ruled out the possibility of stepping down from office, and hit out at rival leaders in the ruling Zanu-PF party for plotting to succeed him. Mr Mugabe added: "There should never be little groups to promote so and so. Those little groups are treasonous groups, they poison the party. I belong to my people. I don't like to be American. I am not a Yankee. I am not a Briton... I belong to Zimbabwe." "I am at the service of the people. If the people feel I should go, I go. But at the moment where do you want me to go? I am not going anywhere." -- Ann Marie "The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore." -- Mardy Grothe ################################################################################################# Join the African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year. Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociationofMadison.org ################################################################################################# *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***