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Its 8am in singapore. Midnight in london, and 2 am in zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe took the country and the world by surprise this afternoon when he suddenly resigned after almost 4 decades in power. Without warning, his letter of resignation was read out in Parliament Just as impeachment proceedings against him were getting underway. The news sparked wild celebrations with thousands of people pouring onto the streets in the capital harare. Our africa editor fergal keane was in parliament when the news broke. It is the night of the free, a night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the epoch of fear, of desperation, of Robert Mugabe, has ended. How rarely does politics translate into something so truly felt . This is history in the making. We never thought Something Like this would happen in zimbabwe. This is what we have been fighting for since independence. One man has been taking us aback, man, and we are very happy that he is done now. Suddenly we got the news

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