HARARE—Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s fate hung in the balance on Friday, Nov. 17, as he apparently resisted efforts to make him step down following a seizure of power by the army, until this week after his 37-year-rule.
The United States, a longtime critic of Mugabe over allegations of human rights abuses and election rigging, is seeking “a new era” for Zimbabwe, the State Department’s top official for Africa said, an implicit call for the nonagenarian leader to quit.
