Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated as president Friday in Zimbabwe, before packed crowds at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Mnangagwa replaces the 93-year-old Robert Mugabe, whose resignation after 37 years in power was forced by a political crisis within his Zanu PF party and backed by the nation’s military last…
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…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an emergency meeting in Botswana Thursday to focus on the crisis in Zimbabwe, subsequently issuing a statement expressing their concern over “the unconstitutional removal of democratically elected governments.” Representatives of Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia met to consider the unfolding situation in…
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The World Health Organization director general rescinded his decision to make President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe a WHO goodwill health ambassador on Sunday, following international outcry about Mugabe being an appropriate choice for the role. “Over the last few days, I have reflected on my appointment of H.E. President Robert…
The director general of the World Health Organization appeared Saturday to be walking back his decision to make President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe a WHO goodwill health ambassador, amid international outcry about Mugabe being an appropriate choice for the role. “I’m listening. I hear your concerns,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
In Zimbabwe, reform movement leader and pastor Evan Mawarire has pleaded not guilty following a new arrest at the weekend and charges that he is trying to subvert the government of President Robert Mugabe. “I’m just about to finish preaching and I’m told the police are waiting for me outside,”…
A report from the Global Witness organization finds that Zimbabwe’s military and intelligence personnel, along with political elites, are siphoning off the country’s diamond wealth and hiding it from a nation where three-fourths of the people live in poverty. The new “An Inside Job” report looked at five mining companies…
Officials in Benin said Monday that President Patrice Talon did in fact undergo two separate surgeries during a recent visit to Paris that sparked much speculation about the state of his health. On May 26, Talon received treatment for a prostate lesion, the statement released to media said. The minor…
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…
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe delivered his State of the Nation address Tuesday, in a short speech that skimmed atop the surface of the country’s spiraling economic and political challenges. In Harare, the 92-year-old Mugabe spoke for just 28 minutes while addressing parliament in a chamber that frequently burst into…
Five opposition party supporters in Uganda marched on the U.S. Embassy in Kampala Tuesday, waving signs in support of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and asking Americans to vote for him. Two of the five members of the Uganda Young Democrats were arrested, local media reported. Party leadership later…