Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe's new government appointed party loyalists and army leaders to cabinet positions, disappointing those who expected a change in leadership.
Emmerson Mnangagwa ascended to the country's presidency after Robert Mugabe resigned on Nov. 19. A military takeover -- some observers called it a "bloodless coup" -- ended Mugabe's 37 years in office days earlier. On Friday, Mnangagwa reappointed Patrick Chinamasa as finance minister, Winston Chitando as mines minister, Maj. Gen. Sibusiso Moyo as foreign affairs chief and Ziyambi Ziyambi as justice minister.