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Mnangagwa To Be Sworn in as Zimbabwe President by Thursday

Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Wednesday or Thursday, ZANU-PF legal secretary Patrick Chinamasa told Reuters, after the resignation of Robert Mugabe.



Separately, ZANU-PF chief whip Lovemore Matuke told Reuters that Mnangagwa would be sworn in within 48 hours and that he would serve the remainder of Mugabe’s term until the next general elections, which must be held by September 2018.

CNN REPORT: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-resignation-reaction/index.html

By: Thomson Reuters
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