By AFP More by this AuthorSupporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe chanting "tongai, tongai baba" (rule, rule father) on Saturday endorsed the 92-year-old leader for a 2018 election run. Mugabe accepted dressed in a green floral jacket bearing his own portrait and a map of Zimbabwe. The conference, held in the southeastern town of Masvingo, voiced "its support to the president and first secretary comrade Robert Mugabe as the sole candidate for the forthcoming 2018 elections", deputy secretary Eunice Sandi Moyo said. The absence of a clear successor to Mugabe has sparked infighting including verbal exchanges on social media in recent weeks between factions angling for his position. "We want President Mugabe to rule forever and ever because of his clear leadership," one elated delegate, Janet Mazviwanza, told AFP.

Source: Daily Nation June 07, 2020 04:18 UTC