Robert Mugabe Resigns as President of Zimbabwe

[lpetrich]

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa to return as Mugabe's likely successor - BBC News

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president for the last 37 years, has stepped down. Two weeks ago, he fired long-time ally Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, wanting his wife Grace Marufu to be his successor. But then the army stepped in and forced him to step down.

At age 93, he was the oldest leader when he resigned, and certainly a very long-reigning one.

 

[Canard DuJour]

Good riddance to bad rubbish. It'd be nice to advise disentangling politics from ethnic alliances in future, but that'd sound a bit hollow coming from the West just now.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

It wasn't real socialism.

 

[LordKiran]

It wasn't real socialism.

Because its not like we haven't already had this conversation before.

 

[whichphilosophy]

As I understand he has not been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

[barbos]

New "Mugabe" is only 75 years old, so it is going to be long 15-20 years again.