Zimbabwe’s opposition to end Mugabe’s 4⃣-decade rule

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai re-united with his former allies, set to forge a coalition aimed at ending❌ President Robert Mugabe's near 4⃣-decade hold on power in elections next year.

Mugabe, in power since independence from British colonial rule in 1980, has been endorsed👍 as his party's candidate for next year's vote despite his advanced age at 93 and signs of failing health.

At a rally in the capital, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Tsvangirai 🔈 supporters he was joining forces with 2⃣ former deputies to face down Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.

Biti, who had broken from the MDC to form his own party, said: "We have come together to give the people of Zimbabwe another chance to remove Robert Mugabe"

Robert Mugabe's medical trips to Singapore have become frequent in recent years, fuelling speculation over who would take the helm were one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders to die in office.

UCJ, UNILORIN.