Zimbabwe: Change Is in the Air in, but So Is Uncertainty

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Lawmakers from the two biggest parties in Zimbabwe, the ruling Zanu-PF party now led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, and the Movement for Democratic Change (T) led by opposition figure Morgan Tsvangirai, are set to get Robert Mugabe impeached in proceedings set to begin on Tuesday, amid suggestions that the veteran leader is plotting a comeback. By MAYNARD MANYOWA.

On Sunday, Robert Mugabe's party Zanu-PF demoted him from first secretary and president to an ordinary card-carrying member. The party's central committee, which made the decision, also resolved to symbolically recall Mugabe, in a scenario reminiscent of South Africa's ruling ANC recalling Thabo Mbeki in September 2008.

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