Zimbabwean members of parliament celebrate after Mugabe's resignation on Nov. 21, 2017, in Harare. [Jubilation in Zimbabwe as Mugabe era ends]Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first president, is stepping down. After years of purging members of his inner circle, Mugabe had alienated the leaders of Zimbabwe’s military, who detained him and seized control of the country’s government. Grace Mugabe, wife of then-President Robert Mugabe, delivers a speech during a rally of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party in Bulawayo on Nov. 4, 2017. But after Mugabe fired his vice president, Mnangagwa, paving the way for his controversial wife, Grace Mugabe, to succeed him, Zimbabwe’s security forces revolted.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2017 10:38 UTC