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Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s Longtime President, Resigns After 37 Years
For the first time in 37 years, Zimbabwe will have a new president because Robert Mugabe has resigned, saying that his decision was voluntary and being done to create a smooth transition of power. The 93-year-old Mugabe’s resignation came as a shock to many despite the fact that calls for him to step down had…
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Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Gives Robert Mugabe the Boot, but the 93-Year-Old Is ‘Holding On’ Like Jeffrey Osborne
Robert Mugabe appears to be doing like that Jeffrey Osborne song once again made famous by the New Edition biopic on BET—that is, “holding on”—despite the fact that members of his own party gave the 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe about a day to resign or be forced out. Members of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, a party…
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Thousands of Zimbabweans Take to the Streets, Telling Robert Mugabe and ‘Gucci Grace’ to Kick Rocks
When Bob Marley sang “I’n’I a-liberate Zimbabwe” in 1979, he was praising the efforts of freedom fighters like Robert Mugabe, a Zimbabwean revolutionary who was once jailed for fighting against colonial British rule. Some 30-plus years later, however, Mugabe, for all intents and purposes, has been ousted by his military—and the people—who took to the…