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| Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe |
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has marked his 93rd birthday with lavish celebrations, addressing his own mortality in a speech, but showing no signs of quitting politics.
Thousands of government supporters, some wearing clothing adorned with Mugabe’s image in younger days, converged in Matabeleland for birthday bash and show of strength for the ruling ZANU-PF party.
Also wearing a multi-coloured suit emblazoned with his own image and dark glasses, Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state, told the crowd he had no intention of stepping down.
“People who are busy forming their own groupings saying ‘Mr Mugabe must go’. I ask myself where should I go?” Mugabe, who has been in power for 37 years, said in a speech that was broadcast on state radio and television.
Speaking for over an hour, Mugabe said he would not impose his successor and that if ZANU-PF party felt he should retire, it would hold an extraordinary congress to choose a new leader.
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