A new Coalition Government collapsed president frank involved a steinmeyer once political leaders to rethink their positions he said on monday that he wasnt in favor of a snap election three way talks involving chancellor merkels christian democrats the greens in the Free Democratic Party Breakdown on sunday night and those are the headlines. Whos in charge of zimbabwe and the embattled president Robert Mugabe is clinging to power and faces impeachment everyone but him seems to agree his time is so whats next for zimbabweans desperate for change this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im laura Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has ignored a deadline to resign his ruling zanu p. F. Posse had told him he must step down or be impeached now it says that process will begin the parties accusing mugabe of being responsible for political instability and an unprecedented economic tailspin and that frustration is spilling on to the streets with hundreds of students out prote
Presidency is history. As members of zimbabwes parliament began debating whether to impeach the president the speaker of Parliament Interrupted he had a letter of resignation to read. I. I, Robert Mugabe, underthe constitution of section one in zimbabwe, tender my resignation as the president of the republic of zimbabwe with immediate effect. Mr mugabes letter said his decision was taken to allow a smooth transition of power and that it was voluntary. Voluntarys one word for it unavoidable is another. Mr mugabe refused to resign after last weeks military takeover. He refused to resign after mass protests at the weekend. He refused to resign when he was sacked by his own party on sunday. And he ignored a deadline to go on monday. He even called his normal Cabinet Meeting for tuesday. But theres nothing normal about this tuesday. The pressure told and his 37 years as president ended. And look at these pictures from harare as the news started to spread. This was inside the parliament. You
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff zimbabwe is alive tonight with hope and relief, after Robert Mugabe resigned as president. The 93yearold finally gave way today to overwhelming pressure. John ray of independent Television News is in harare, and begins our coverage. cheers reporter joy. Unconfined. What had become a titanic battle of wills between an entire nation and just one man, settled at last. It is a victory for the people, and tonight they are celebrating a rebirth. Im super, super excited mugabe is gone we have been suffered for a long long, long time. So we are super excited. 37 years. 37 years in power. Ahhhh. This is the man who made 20,000 people. Reporter the end came as a special sitting of parliament bec
A mosque in nigeria the attack took place during morning prayers in the town of move in the northeast an item on a state no group has yet claimed responsibility but police say the bombing bears all the hallmarks of the armed Group Boko Haram but those were the headlines and news continues here on aljazeera after the stream statute thats watching my fam. Facing reality if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chance of litigation true which we can bring an ecosystem to bear getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we need it the way that some of my producers just did hear their story on talk to aljazeera at this time. I. Think. Its. A. Bit. Im having ok im going the strain on al jazeera and on your feeling on you tube do you comment the stream team is that they were trying to get your comments on to the show now i saw a speaker of parliament. On tuesday november the twenty first announcing the resignation of the now former president Robert Mugabe facing intense pressure from
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff zimbabwe is alive tonight with hope and relief, after Robert Mugabe resigned as president. The 93yearold finally gave way today to overwhelming pressure. John ray of independent Television News is in harare, and begins our coverage. cheers reporter joy. Unconfined. What had become a titanic battle of wills between an entire nation and just one man, settled at last. It is a victory for the people, and tonight they are celebrating a rebirth. Im super, super excited mugabe is gone we have been suffered for a long long, long time. So we are super excited. 37 years. 37 years in power. Ahhhh. This is the man who made 20,000 people. Reporter the end came as a special sitting of parliament bec