Zimbabwe: The Exit of President Mugabe

23 November 2017
editorial

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean strongman, quits after 37 years in office

After 37 years in power and following a week marked by intrigues and tension, Mr Robert Mugabe on Tuesday resigned as President of Zimbabwe. Although he had in the preceding days defied demands to step down despite a military takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party, Mugabe finally caved in as a special session of the parliament commenced impeachment proceedings against him. And as speaker Jacob Mudenda read out Mugabe's resignation letter, there were jubilations both within the chambers and across the country.

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