Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, swept from power as his 37-year reign of autocratic control and brutality crumbled within days of a military takeover. The move looks set to bring an end to Zimbabwe’s worst-ever political crisis since the country won independence from Britain in 1980. – Open dissent –His likely successor is former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose dismissal on November 6 triggered the crisis. A former close ally of Mugabe, Mnangagwa had been Grace Mugabe’s chief rival to succeed him. However, under Zimbabwe’s constitution, it is second Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who would ordinarily take over as head of state.

Source: Punch November 21, 2017 15:55 UTC