Sacked Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa to be sworn in as president on Friday

Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Friday following the resignation of Robert Mugabe, the parliament speaker said on Wednesday.

Speaker Jacob Mudenda said the ruling party ZANU-PF had informed him it has nominated Mnangagwa to fill the vacancy of the office of president, replacing the 93-year-old Mugabe who had clung on for a week after an army takeover.

Earlier Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain wants Zimbabwe to rejoin the international community following the resignation of Robert Mugabe.

She was quoted addressing the UK parliament according to a report saying “we want to see that country rejoining the international community.”