Zimbabwe Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:17:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Zimbabwe Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Zimbabwe Leadership Uncertain https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/11/19/zimbabwe-leader-doesnt-step/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:37:16 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16512 Robert Mugabe has been the president of Zimbabwe since 1987.
Anyone younger than 37 years old in the African country has never had another leader.
Now, many people in Zimbabwe, as well as the military, want him to step down--to leave the job so they can choose a new president.
There have been demonstrations in the country, as tens of thousands gathered in Zimbabwe's cities to make it clear that they wanted Mugabe to leave his job. The military placed Mugabe under house arrest.
However, he may try to hold onto power.

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