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Mugabe is a 'defiant bugger'
Zimbabweans have been left angered and confused after President Robert Mugabe failed to resign, but instead delivered a cryptic speech.
They had gathered around televisions in anticipation of Mugabe's resignation, but instead were made to wait nearly two hours for his address on the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
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Mugabe defies resignation expectations in TV speech
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in a much-expected TV address on Sunday, stressed he was still in power after his authoritarian 37-year reign was rocked by a military takeover.
"The (ruling ZANU-PF) party congress is due in a few weeks and I will preside over its processes," Mugabe said.
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Mugabe: We must all recognise that their participation in the war (veterans) exacted life-long costs.
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Mugabe 'agrees to resign', says presidency source
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule appeared to have come to an end of Sunday after a source confirmed he had agreed to resign and was preparing to address the nation.
Mugabe's grip on power was broken last week when the military took over, angered at his wife Grace's emergence as the leading candidate to succeed the 93-year-old president.
"Yes he has agreed to resign," a source close to the presidency told AFP after Mugabe's expected television address to the nation was delayed.
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From AP: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is resigning after nearly four decades in power, according to an official close to the talks on his departure.
The news came hours after the ruling party's Central Committee on Sunday fired Mugabe as party leader and said if he didn't resign as the country's president by noon Monday it would start impeachment proceedings.
Mugabe was set to address the nation shortly on state-run television. The official close to the talks spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
It is an extraordinary end to 37 years in power for the world's oldest head of state, who had vowed to rule until death.
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From AP:
"President RG Mugabe to address the nation live from State House tonight. Please stay tuned," says a ticker announcement on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation channel.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was to make a live television address on Sunday evening, state television announced, as the veteran leader faced the apparent end of his 37-year rule.
"President RG Mugabe to address the nation live from State House tonight. Please stay tuned," said a ticker announcement on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation channel.
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Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper has tweeted photos of longtime President Robert Mugabe meeting for a second time with the army commander who put him under house arrest days ago.
Mugabe is said to be seeking more time as talks continue on his departure after nearly four decades in power.
But the ruling party is impatient to see him leave, saying Mugabe must resign as president by noon Monday or face impeachment proceedings.
- AP
19 Nov 2017
Mugabe's end game: How the president could leave power
Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU-PF sacked President Robert Mugabe as party leader on Sunday marking the accelerating collapse of the 93-year-old's support and power base.
Following mass demonstrations calling for him to go, negotiations between Mugabe and the army resumed to plot the end of the president's regime after the army seized power earlier this week.
19 Nov 2017
Mnangagwa: Zimbabwe's 'Comeback Crocodile'
Emmerson Mnangagwa is well-placed to become the next leader of Zimbabwe, after his sacking as vice president triggered the military's intervention and the fall of Robert Mugabe.
On Sunday Mnangagwa was named as president of the ruling ZANU-PF party in place of Mugabe, putting him one step away from the top job with Mugabe told to resign or be forced from office.
Nicknamed "Ngwena" (The Crocodile) because of his fearsome power and ruthlessness, Mnangagwa, 75, appeared to have been outfoxed by Mugabe's wife Grace.