(Ben Curtis/AP)On Tuesday, after 37 years of authoritarian rule, Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe. Mugabe’s two most-likely successors — his wife, Grace Mugabe, and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — had been jockeying for power. Although there are reasons to think so, as I’ll explain below, Zimbabwe without Mugabe is probably heading not toward democracy but merely toward a different autocrat. Officers are expected to be loyal ZANU-PF party members in exchange for patronage. He has long served as the key link between the army, the intelligence apparatus and the ZANU-PF party organization.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2017 15:19 UTC