Hopefully Mugabe is on his way out

The military’s role in detaining Mugabe has become a flash point for a region that has attempted
to enshrine democratic values in its charter.

Zimbabwean military leaders were aware of the sensitivities; after troops detained Mugabe and took over the state television station, a top general said early Wednesday that it was “not a military takeover.”
The military leaders were prompted to act after former vice president and onetime defense minister Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired this month, paving the way for Mugabe’s wife, Grace, to succeed him as president.

At least publicly, the military has said it won’t push Mugabe to leave — even though it effectively took control of the government.

The elephant in the room is the constitutional issue,” said Ibbo Mandaza, a Zimbabwean academic, referring to the illegality of the military takeover. “This is a region where coups are not tolerated.”
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While some countries in southern Africa have evident democratic shortcomings,
there have been few coups in recent decades.
Many are still led by the parties that fought for independence from colonial rule.

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), a regional body of 15 nations, met in Botswana on Thursday to discuss the situation and seemed to tilt toward Mugabe and against the military takeover.
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The old bastard is clinging on by his fingertips, maybe him and his odious wife will end up like Mussolini, hanging upside down?

Step down or we'll let them lynch you: Army warns Mugabe to go as thousands of Zimbabweans take to the streets to end the bloody dictator's 37-year reign - but his nephew says the president will 'die for what is right'

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I heard Tillerson say something about "recognizing civilian rule'. I wasn't paying that close attention
 
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