Zanu PF reveals Mnangagwa as 2018 presidential candidate

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9 years ago

Robert Mugabe’s party has given him until noon on Monday to leave or face impeachment.

Source: Zanu PF reveals Mnangagwa as 2018 presidential candidate – ENCA

File: Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party said on Sunday that former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa would be its candidate for president in the 2018 general elections. Photo: AFP / Jekesai Njikizana

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party said on Sunday that former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa would be its candidate for president in the 2018 general elections.Mnangagwa’s sacking sparked a military takeover in the southern African country on Tuesday.He also replaced Mugabe as party president with Mugabe receiving an ultimatum to resign as Zimbabwean president by noon, failing which he would be removed.

“Mnangagwa was elected as president and first secretary of Zanu-PF… and was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2018 general elections,” said a party official at a meeting in Harare.

AFP

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