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Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Nobody: 6:56pm On Nov 19, 2017
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has agreed to step down after 37 years in power. [img][/img]

The world's oldest leader is due to officially announce his departure on live television tonight.

The news was greeted with ecstatic celebrations all over the country, with cars honking horns and crowds spontaneously taking to the streets of the capital.

Hordes of people danced, sang and shouted anti-Mugabe slogans in scenes that looked likely to overshadow yesterday's protests on the streets of Harare tonight.

It came after MailOnline exclusively revealed that the elderly dictator was in a state of psychological collapse, crying for his dead son and late first wife, refusing to speak or wash and staging a desperate hunger strike.

Emmerson 'Crocodile' Mnangagwa, the former Vice President who was appointed the new leader of the Zanu-PF this morning, now looks destined to become Zimbabwe's new president as early as tomorrow.

Ahead of his announcement, Mugabe broke down in tears and asked for his dead wife and son before meeting army chiefs on Sunday after being ousted as leader of Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party, one of his aides has told MailOnline.

The frail 93-year-old has until noon local time on Monday to resign as president or impeachment proceedings will start, Zanu-PF said.

Mugabe was replaced by Mnangagwa after all ten Zimbabwean provinces passed no-confidence motions against the dictator two days earlier.

Ahead of his meeting with army officials to discuss his exit, Mugabe was 'wailing profusely' and saying that he wished he could speak to his dead wife, Sally Mugabe, and his late son, Michael Nhamodzenyika, who died from cerebral malaria in 1966 at the age of three.

'He spends most of his time looking at an old photograph of Sally. It is terrible,' the aide said of Mugabe's first wife, who died of kidney failure in 1992.

In 1996, Mugabe went on to marry his current wife, 'Gucci' Grace, who was also expelled from her role as head of the Zanu-PF Women's League 'forever'.

The frail dictator has been staging a hunger strike over his confinement in house arrest and is refusing to take regular baths or speak, the aide added.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5097215/Zimbabwe-s-ruling-party-remove-Mugabe-Sunday.html

Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by makimberlly01(f): 6:56pm On Nov 19, 2017
I really pitied dem Zimbabwe people sha... freedom at last. FTC hall of fame sha cheesy

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Oloripelebe: 7:00pm On Nov 19, 2017
U v contributed ur quota.. ..we wld surely miss ur quotes grin grin



Ur manhood lives on grin grin

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by dollytino4real(f): 7:00pm On Nov 19, 2017
thank goodness he is alive to withness the handover unlike mummar. go and wait 4 ur pension money

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by SOFTENGR: 7:01pm On Nov 19, 2017
From shackles to chain.

That's my candid opinion.
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Paperwhite(m): 7:02pm On Nov 19, 2017
Zimbabwe is free! Next are Paul Biya,Buhari among others.Meaning we'll no more hear his funny quotable quotes. grin grin grin cheesy

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by CharleyBright(m): 7:03pm On Nov 19, 2017
Let Mugabe shed Tears he made thousands of Zimbabwean shed during his dictatorship rule.
Let Mugabe also learn to be an ordinary citizen just like others he trampled on.
Let Lessons learnt from Mugabe's downfall serve as a real life lesson to his other sit- tight African Presidents.
The sun will soon go down on all of them!!
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by divinehand2003(m): 7:06pm On Nov 19, 2017
Paperwhite:
Zimbabwe is free! Next are Paul Biya,Buhari among others.Meaning we'll no more hear his funny quotable quotes. grin grin grin cheesy

Free as how?

Don't you know that Zimbabwe is held hostage by 3 musketeers. Mugabe just retired. The next guy takes over and the sufferings continue from where Mugabe and Grace stopped.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by zico530(m): 7:06pm On Nov 19, 2017
This man love for power is his major undoing. Besides I love his humour and ruggedness.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by uwa1(m): 7:07pm On Nov 19, 2017
Ok
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by divinehand2003(m): 7:07pm On Nov 19, 2017
makimberlly01:
I really pitied dem Zimbabwe people sha... freedom at last cheesy
Free as how??

Don't you know that Zimbabwe is held hostage by 3 musketeers. Mugabe just retired. The next guy takes over and the sufferings continue from where Mugabe stopped.
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by divinehand2003(m): 7:09pm On Nov 19, 2017
SOFTENGR:
From shackles to chain.

That's my candid opinion.

The shackles will be continued by the next member of the 3-man musketeers who have held the country hostage for the past 37 years.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by coolcharm(m): 7:19pm On Nov 19, 2017
There is time for everything under the sun.

It is time to depart.

Zimbabweans should ask the sacked vice president to step down also.

What Zimbabwe needs now is a fresh start.

Not many African countries will ever be as lucky as they are right now.

It is a golden opportunity they must make good use of

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Lovetinz(m): 7:23pm On Nov 19, 2017
Among all the excitement, nobody remembered to ask who was firing at who in the first day of the 'it's not a Coup',
International media reported sounds of heavy arms and artillery and that was where that chapter of the news stopped. I feel for the forgotten casualties.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Notmyproblem: 7:25pm On Nov 19, 2017
Paul Biya is the next in line.
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by kokoA(m): 7:27pm On Nov 19, 2017
He married a slay queen and got slayed because of her stupidity grin Now he's missing his first and real wife, but when he was receiving bj and sucking fresh thing he no remember o.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Nobody: 7:28pm On Nov 19, 2017
Sweeeeet cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy....What are the Lessons learnt.....for others grin grin grin grin

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by gebest: 7:29pm On Nov 19, 2017
ok, congrats to him, he should go and sin no more.
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by cashlurd(m): 7:32pm On Nov 19, 2017
Finally, the western world has once again prevailed upon the black man. The forces of indirect rule have won. Zimbabweans, as Mugabe has stepped down, we fellow Africans are closely watching to see what that big difference you all sought for would be. We are watching the way the political, economical and infrastructural development of Zimbabwe would be. Maybe your country would end up being Just like Libya,

One of the greatest achievements of the British colonialists is the transformation of the blackman to distrust himself and loose confidence in his kinsmen, his religion, his actions and his self worth and hence.

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by adadike281(f): 7:41pm On Nov 19, 2017
In victory, learn when to stop! power is intoxicating and equally destructive!
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by coldsummer: 7:51pm On Nov 19, 2017
Well once again Mugabe makes history.


First African leader to step down.

Voluntarily or involuntarily



O grin
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Agimor(m): 7:56pm On Nov 19, 2017
Africa leaders like being coerced out of power since their lives depends on it.
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by kocvalour(m): 8:31pm On Nov 19, 2017
great man.. greater than Buhari the dullard
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by rozay12345: 8:35pm On Nov 19, 2017
This is a welcome development but what Zimbabwe needs now is a real election, the Vice President that would be sworn in is a chip of the old block, he and Mugabe belongs to the same caucus

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by tit(f): 8:38pm On Nov 19, 2017
APC news.
LIES

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by kakakibuy(m): 8:45pm On Nov 19, 2017
Zimbabwe's embattled leader Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay in power for several weeks, despite intensifying pressure on him to stand down.

In a live TV address, Mr Mugabe said he would preside over the ruling party's congress in December.

The Zanu-PF earlier sacked him as party leader, and gave him less than 24 hours to resign as president or be impeached.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42046911

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Blackfire(m): 8:47pm On Nov 19, 2017
Men I will hate to be Mugabe right now....
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Vinstel: 9:04pm On Nov 19, 2017
Fake news
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by Nobody: 9:13pm On Nov 19, 2017
cashlurd:
Finally, the western world has once again prevailed upon the black man. The forces of indirect rule have won. Zimbabweans, as Mugabe has stepped down, we fellow Africans are closely watching to see what that big difference you all sought for would be. We are watching the way the political, economical and infrastructural development of Zimbabwe would be. Maybe your country would end up being Just like Libya,

One of the greatest achievements of the British colonialists is the transformation of the blackman to distrust himself and loose confidence in his kinsmen, his religion, his actions and his self worth and hence.



Finally someone gets it
The Black World is doomed until we all carry books and read history and world politics

Castigating Mugabe, by Africans? A sure sign that we don't even knowww
Chai

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Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by funlord(m): 9:19pm On Nov 19, 2017
He should _fuck off already! Good riddance to bad and old rubbish!
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by StarBukola(f): 9:36pm On Nov 19, 2017
If u like cry blood
Re: Robert Mugabe Steps Down In Tears After 37 Years As President by nelsonndubuisi: 10:34pm On Nov 19, 2017
Fake news

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