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Robert Mugabe given deadline to resign as President by Zimbabwe's ruling party Robert Mugabe given deadline to resign as President by Zimbabwe's ruling party
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Robert Mugabe has been given until noon on Monday to resign or he will face impeachment, the ruling Zanu PF's party's central committee has said.   Robert Mugabe has been given until noon on Monday to resign or he will face impeachment, Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF's party's central committee has said.  
More follows… The 93-year-old leader has also been fired as the party's chief.  The recently dismissed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will replace him. 
The party said if he doesn't step down as President by midday on  Monday they will begin impeachment proceedings when Parliament resumes the following day. 
Mr Mugabe's 52-year-old wife Grace has also been expelled from the party. An official said she would also be prosecuted, along with "a number of others". 
She has been accused of "preaching hate, divisiveness and assuming roles and powers not delegated to the office."  The controversial first lady, who used to be her husband's secretary, has also been removed as head of the women's league. 
The vote, taken by hundreds of senior Zanu-PF officials in Harare on Saturday, leaves Mugabe in a significantly weakened position after he refused to step down following last week's military takeover.
Zimbabweans have taken to the streets in their thousands to demand the resignation of the veteran autocrat, who has ruled the country since 1980.
As the motion was passed to oust the veteran autocrat, members of the central committee leapt to their feet cheering and chanting Mnangagwa's name before breaking into celebratory song and dance.