Mugabe agrees to step down as Zimbabwe's president, sources say
Harare — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to resign, a source close to the presidency said on Sunday, as his authoritarian 37-year reign drew to a close days after a military takeover. “Yes he has agreed to resign,” the source said after Mugabe’s expected television address to the nation was delayed on Sunday night. Zimbabweans have been left stunned during a historic week in which the army seized power and put Mugabe, 93, under house arrest in response to his sacking of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa. His once-loyal Zanu-PF party sacked him as its leader earlier on Sunday. Mugabe’s grip on power was broken last week when the military took over, angered at his wife Grace’s emergence as the leading candidate to succeed the 93-year-old president. Zanu-PF delegates cheered wildly as the announcement was made at a meeting in Harare. He was replaced by Mnangagwa, who had been Grace Mugabe’s chief rival. In a stunning reversal of allegiances, the party added that it would...
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