Welcome to the new Zimbabwe!
It’s a lot like the old one from before – so said a friend in Harare as news spread that what is called a “bloodless correction” has restored Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga – struggle or war vet generation to supremacy.
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People poured on to the streets, cheering and dancing with joy at the news that Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe had resigned.
The world reacts to Robert Mugabe’s resignation – Lindsey Hilsum reports live from Zimbabwe.
He was his country’s liberator, but Zimbabwe was held in thrall to Robert Mugabe for far too long. Today the build-up of pressure of almost four decades of misrule was too much. The military took over a week ago, putting Mugabe under house arrest and toppling his wife Grace from power. Then the ruling Zanu-PF party sacked him as its leader and parliament started impeachment proceedings.
Refusing all demands to step down, Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe has summoned his cabinet to meet first thing tomorrow, even as the country’s ruling party begins moves to impeach him, and the army has been on television talking of a roadmap to get rid of him. Mugabe, who’s accused of “allowing his wife to usurp government powers”, is still under…
Lindsey Hilsum discusses the latest Mugabe developments.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to streets of the Zimbabwean capital, piling the pressure on President Robert Mugabe to stand down as leader. The day of protests was sanctioned by the army and even his own party. Tonight the military announced it will meet Mr Mugabe tomorrow to discuss his departure.
Former Zimbabwean MP Bright Matonga, who served in Mugabe’s government, human rights activist Mary Ndoro, who supports the main opposition party, and the Zimbabwean lawyer Lloyd Msipa, who is executive director of the Africa Public Policy Research Institute, discuss the military takeover.
It’s a lot like the old one from before – so said a friend in Harare as news spread that what is called a “bloodless correction” has restored Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga – struggle or war vet generation to supremacy.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party has accused the army commander of “treasonable conduct” after he threatened to step in to calm political tensions. It follows rumours that a military coup could be under way after a convoy of armoured vehicles was spotted heading towards the capital Harare. The country was plunged into a political crisis after President…
A Christian youth camp leader accused of brutally beating public schoolboys was later charged over the death of a boy in Africa, Channel 4 News has discovered.
Pastor Evan Mawarire leads the #ThisFlag movement, Zimbabwe’s biggest protests in decades. He gave Channel 4 News his last interview as he faced arrest.
A Zimbabwean hunter charged in connection with the killing of Cecil the lion has appeared in court.
Black Zimbabweans felt the country was not fully independent without the land reform.They feel they have now achieved that, but some white farmers disagree.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai rejects an election result giving victory to President Robert Mugabe and says he would exhaust all legal remedies to challenge it.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, has dismissed Robert Mugabe’s claims to victory in the country’s general election as a “farce”, insisting the results are null and void.