Army chief who took power from Mugabe faces sanction

Following the resignation of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as
President, Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, 61, is being hailed as a
political saviour after he led the military takeover.

However, the General is under sanctions from the European Union
and the United States – for his role in a brutal crackdown on the
opposition, and over the seizure of white-owned farms.

The 93-year-old leader announced his resignation in a letter
read by the Speaker on Tuesday afternoon.

There is jubilation on the streets of Harare, the capital of
Zimbabwe as the news of Mugabe’s resignation, after close to four
decades of his administration, break out.

Pastor Patrick Mugadza, hounded by the police in January this
year for predicting that the 93-year-old leader would die in nine
months’ time, went as far as to announce that he intended to name
his son after the general.

“My wife is very, very pregnant. When the boy comes, I will be
naming him after you, General Chiwenga,” Zimbabwe’s privately owned
NewsDay newspaper quoted him as saying in an audio message.

Following the resignation of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as
President, Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, 61, is being hailed as a
political saviour after he led the military takeover.

However, the General is under sanctions from the European Union
and the United States – for his role in a brutal crackdown on the
opposition, and over the seizure of white-owned farms.

The 93-year-old leader announced his resignation in a letter
read by the Speaker on Tuesday afternoon.

There is jubilation on the streets of Harare, the capital of
Zimbabwe as the news of Mugabe’s resignation, after close to four
decades of his administration, break out.

Pastor Patrick Mugadza, hounded by the police in January this
year for predicting that the 93-year-old leader would die in nine
months’ time, went as far as to announce that he intended to name
his son after the general.

“My wife is very, very pregnant. When the boy comes, I will be
naming him after you, General Chiwenga,” Zimbabwe’s privately owned
NewsDay newspaper quoted him as saying in an audio message.