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Zimbabwe: A Visual Anthology

Nov 20, 2017 | 13:12 GMT

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (in the green sash) inspects a guard of honor during official Heroes Day commemorations held at National Heroes Acre in Zimbabwe, Aug. 14.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (in the green sash) inspects a guard of honor during official Heroes Day commemorations held at National Heroes Acre in Zimbabwe, Aug. 14.

(JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has led the country ever since it gained independence in 1980. But after he fired his vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa and paved the way for his wife Grace to succeed him, troops stormed the capital city of Harare and detained the 93-year-old Mugabe. Now his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party is demanding his resignation. With the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known likely on his way out, the young country is confronting new challenges as it stares down an uncertain future. ...

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