Fidelis Mukonori, the Jesuit priest who mediated Robert Mugabe’s exit in what was a seismic moment in Zimbabwe’s history, said the 93-year-old appeared relieved after signing his resignation letter. It was the culmination of a chaotic fortnight which began when Mugabe fired his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa, prompting a military takeover and mass street protests which […]
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Exuberant Zimbabweans greeted the swearing-in Friday of new President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who takes power after an extraordinary series of events that ousted the world’s oldest head of state. Mnangagwa, fired earlier this month as vice president, will lead after the resignation of 93-year-old Robert Mugabe, who succumbed to pressure to quit from the military, the […]
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Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa was to return home on Wednesday to take power after Robert Mugabe’s resignation brought a sudden end to 37 years of authoritarian rule. Ahead of his arrival, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda confirmed he would be sworn in as president at an inauguration ceremony on Friday. Mugabe’s iron grip ended […]
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Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, finally swept from power as his 37-year reign of autocratic control and brutality crumbled within days of a military takeover. The move looks set to end Zimbabwe’s worst political crisis since it won independence from Britain in 1980. The bombshell announcement came at a special joint session […]
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Thousands of protesters flooded Zimbabwe’s streets demanding Robert Mugabe’s resignation on Saturday in a movement organised by independence war veterans and backed by ruling party barons and the army. The mass turnout came after an unprecedented week which saw the army’s top brass seizing power and putting Mugabe under house arrest in response to his […]
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