Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe president after 37 years in power!

Robert Mugabe has officially resigned as the president of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has finallu resigned after 37 years as Zimbabwe's leader. The speaker of the country's parliament announced Mugabe's resignation this afternoon

According to Sky News, Mugabe wrote a letter to the Zimbabwean parliament saying he was resigning “with immediate effect.”
“I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, hereby formally tender my resignation as President,” his letter read.
The parliament had resumed on Tuesday after a hiatus, planning to kick off Mugabe’s impeachment proceedings.


His ousted vice-president Emerson Mnangagwa is expected to take over as president.
Watch the moment his resignation was read below:


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