HARARE: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule appeared at an end Sunday after a source confirmed he had agreed to resign and was preparing to address the nation. "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. At a ruling ZANU-PF party meeting earlier in the day, delegates cheered wildly as a party official announced that Mugabe had been ousted as party chief. Army chief Constantino Chiwenga held further talks with Mugabe on Sunday at State House, the president's official residence. He became prime minister on Zimbabwe's independence from Britain in 1980 and then president in 1987.

Source: New Strait Times November 20, 2017 09:00 UTC