What were the most important factors responsible for Mugabe’s forced exit? On Friday, November 24, 2017, former Zimbabwean Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will be sworn in as the nation’s new leader after former President, Robert Mugabe, resigned from the position he’s occupied for the past 37 years.The inauguration ceremony is a culmination of what has been a whirlwind 11 days in the history of Zimbabwe that started when military vehicles rolled into the outskirts of Harare on November 14. In what the Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantine Chiwenga, insisted in a televised address was not a coup, Mugabe and his family were confined to his Blue House compound after the takeover.This signalled the beginning of the end of one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders who was definitely not ready to see it all end.Despite an initial defiance against calls for him to step down, Mugabe finally resigned on Tuesday, November 21, while lawmakers were meeting to discuss impeachment proceedings against him.
