Zimbabwe: A New Beginning?

Protesters calling for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to step down take to the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe, Nov. 18, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

The long national nightmare is over—or is it?

There is a subdued sense the public exultation at President Mugabe’s removal from power on  Nov. 15 is the equivalent of singing “The Wicked Witch Is Dead” in the “Wizard of Oz”—with a “wicked wizard” waiting in the wings.