2000: President Mugabe-people of Matabeleland 20,000 civilians were killed in the course of an army crackdown

The Movement for Democratic Change, a group opposed to Zimbabwe President Mugabe, asks him to publicly apologize to the people of Matabeleland and the Midlands (and to initiate an affirmative action program to benefit the two regions) for atrocities committed by state agents in the 1980s, when 20,000 civilians were killed in the course of an army crackdown on armed rebels.

To: 
People of Matebeleland
From: 
President Mugabe
Year of Apology: 
2000
Footnote: 
“MDC Demands Official Apology For Mat, Midlands Atrocities.” Africa News Service. November 10, 2000.