President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa says he suspects a faction of the Zanu PF party, known as the Group of 40, had a hand in the bomb attack that killed two people and left 47 others injured at his campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday. Mnangagwa…
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has resigned, and the decision to step down will take effect immediately. Officials with the ruling Zanu PF party say Mugabe’s successor, former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, will step into the role on Friday in a swearing-in ceremony at the National Sports Stadium. “The resignation…
President Robert Mugabe has called a cabinet meeting Tuesday in Zimbabwe, following a weekend speech in which the 93-year-old leader was expected to resign – but then, he never did. It’s the latest development in a confusing week that has seen the country’s military intervene and Mugabe’s own ruling Zanu…
The end has come for President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, as the ruling Zanu PF party demanded the 93-year-old leader’s resignation. He has until midday on Monday to voluntary resign or face impeachment proceedings. The Zanu PF leadership said Sunday that Grace Mugabe and associates had taken advantage of Mugabe’s…
As thousands in Zimbabwe poured peacefully into the streets Saturday calling for the end of President Robert Mugabe’s rule, the government announced Mugabe will meet today with heads of the Zimbabwe Defence Force to negotiate his resignation. Leaders of the president’s ruling Zanu PF party met on Friday and agreed…
Word came late Thursday that President Robert Mugabe will be stepping down, perhaps as early as Friday – but conflicting reports said Mugabe was reluctant to resign, and confusion remained over who and how new leaders might legitimately be established. Media in Zimbabwe released pictures of Mugabe meeting with General…
The global reaction to political developments in Zimbabwe surrounding President Robert Mugabe has been led by Africans urging calm in resolving the political crisis. In Zimbabwe, #thisflag movement leader and pastor Evan Mawarire – at times in tears – published a video and issued a statement Wednesday that called for…
In Zimbabwe, the country’s ruling Zanu PF party denied there is any coup in progress, and a local media outlet said President Robert Mugabe is in command of military forces that descended on the capital city of Harare on Tuesday. Yet by 4 a.m. Wednesday, amid confusing reports of explosions…
As Zimbabwe watched President Robert Mugabe turn 93 with a birthday cake, celebration and some rambling commentary, what many may have missed was his public appraisal of his wife, Grace, as a potentially worthy successor to his office. Mugabe appeared on state television Tuesday in a prerecorded interview, described by Newsday…