ELI LAKE: Who comes after Mugabe? Pick your vicious Mugabe clone
'This is not a moment of hope like the 2009 power sharing agreement was. It is really a power struggle between Grace Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa'
If there were justice in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe would be removed from power by a free and fair election. The promise of the independence struggle Mugabe led 40 years ago could finally be fulfilled. The country he ruined could begin the long process of recovery. Zimbabwe is a basket case of a nation, but its ruling regime does have an opposition, and it has had elections. In 2009, Zimbabweans came close to a decent end to their national nightmare when Mugabe agreed to share power with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the man who likely won the election in 2008. And for a period it worked. But then in 2013, Mugabe stole the election again. Tsvangirai left the government, Mugabe accused him of treason, and Zimbabwe continued to spiral. Today it looks like Mugabe is finally out. The military leaders who ousted him say he is safe and secure. South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, said Wednesday that he had spoken with the 93-year-old Mugabe, who said that he was safe and confined to...
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