Zimbabwe's President for Life

A withering drought on top of a faltering economy and a financial crisis have not weakened the hold that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) have on power in the country. The 92-year-old Mugabe is looking ahead to the nation's 2018 elections, and it seems that only his death, or a party revolt, can end his more than three decades in office. Despite those problems, Zimbabwe's government is in no imminent danger of collapse. If anything, ZANU-PF -- in power since the nation's independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 -- is as strong as ever. ...