Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF has sacked embattled President Robert Mugabe as its leader few days after the country's military confined him to his residence in an operation purportedly geared toward weeding criminal elements around the president. In Mugabe's place, the party has appointed Emmerson Mnangagwa who was recently fired by the President on allegation of disloyalty.
According to BBC, "the sacking of Mr Mnangagwa had prompted an extraordinary chain of events as the military intervened to block Mr Mugabe, 93, from installing his wife Grace in his place. Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans attended street protests on Saturday to demonstrate against the Mugabes."
President Mugabe is set to meet military leaders on Sunday and a motorcade has been seen leaving his private residence to an unknown destination.
The report also hinted that the wife of the President, Grace Mugabe, who is being penciled as his successor has been expelled from the party in a move that is aimed at frustrating her emergence as the party leader.
