Robert Mugabe confirmed as Zanu-PF’s candidate for 2018 presidential elections
Masvingo — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was confirmed on Saturday as his party’s sole candidate for the next presidential election in 2018, when he will be 94. Supporters at a party conference sang a song titled "Mugabe should rule until eternity" as the veteran leader rose to give a speech in which he called for an end to infighting within the ruling Zanu-PF over his eventual successor. "We came with our problems, which we heard. We also came knowing we had differences. We agreed our differences should end and fighting should stop," said Mugabe, who has faced unprecedented protests this year. Mugabe, the only ruler that the southern African nation has known since independence from Britain in 1980, has come under pressure from a deteriorating economy, corruption and cash shortages that have seen the central bank introducing a new "bond note" currency in November. In July, he was deserted by some of his once stalwart supporters, war veterans that have backed him in previous ele...
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